The first chapter of the story is the now part. The rest of the chpaters skip though diffrent parts in Hope's life up to the Preface
Preface
It was a dark, snowing night. 9-year-old Hope Jameson was standing on the sidewalk with her aunt Rebecca. It was a few days before christmas eve, and the small girl was confused in all that had been happening in her life. She was so young, and no matter how many times she asked and begged to know, the question was always ignored
Ch 1. One Happy Christmas, One Life-changing Experence
Hope's eyes flickerd open. She lay in her bed with the covers pulld tight around her. She sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes sleepily. She took a glance at the clock. 8:00 am, it read. It took a couple mintues for Hope to relize what day it was. Her tierd, lolvey green eyes suddenly Sparkled like ordamints in the christmas tree light. She shot out of bed and ran as fast as her small, legs could take her. she flung open her parents' door and hopped up and down on their bed. "It's Christmas! it's Christmas!" she said excitedly. Her long brown curls bounced up and down as she did. "MAMA! PAPPA! GET UP! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Cindy, her mother, sat up and tierdly rubbed her eyes. "Sweety," she started. "why don't you go and sleep soem more for a while." she said werily. "no mama!" hope said excitedly. "we need to go see what santa brought!" Dan Jameson sat up laughing tierdly. "hold it little tiger." he said playfully pinning his daughter down to the bed. Hope laughed with delight. "we goning to go see what santa brought?" he asked in a rough, playful voice. "ya!" hope said sprining up and bolting downstairs. "honey-" Cindy was about to protest, but dan inturupted her. "common, it's christmas! and she's not going to stay little forever." Cindy opend her mouth to protest, but then smiled in defete. "i sware, you two are going to be the death of me." she said jokingly. Then, they both went downstairs to tend to their eger daughter.
That was the last christmas they had as a full family. Cindy had announced that day she was pregnent. And nine months later, after hope's 6th birthday, she gave birth to a healthy son. But she had died in the process. It was a very sad day. And hope had been so young, she didn't understand, that her mother, was never coming home.
