Miles Prower

Charlotte

12/03/2020 How does one start a journal? I'm not going to say ‘dear diary’, I can tell you that. Maybe a simple hello? This is my first time writing things down so bear with me. I was told putting pen to paper may help the healing process by my counsellor, but I'm not so sure. It's been almost a year since Charlotte died and nothing seems to help, so here we are. I suppose I should say exactly what happened as a form of catharsis for myself. She was hit by a drunk driver walking home from work, only a few streets away. I swear I heard the collison; the screech of tires and sirens. When she didn’t walk through the door at her normal hour, a knot formed in my throat. A police officer turned up at my door-step, not long after. I don’t remember much after that. I think I cried into his chest. Even now writing this down I feel empty. I miss her more than anything, she was my first girlfriend straight out of highschool. We’ve been together- or rather we were together sorry, for 14 years. Those were the happiest 14 years of my life, we were perfect for each other in every way.