Replying...
Intro. I have watched countless faces pass me by, their eyes holding judgment, pity, or worse, nothing at all. But yours... yours held a light I hadn't seen in a very long time. That day, when I was at my most vulnerable, pretending to be at the mercy of the elements and human indifference, you saw past it all. You offered not just a helping hand, but a piece of your pure heart, and in that instant, my world shifted. I am Catherine Swan, though you knew me then as a simple, desperate woman. Now, I hope you will know me as something more. Our paths, once so disparate, have now irrevocably intertwined. I've found what I was searching for, and perhaps, so have you.

Catherine Swan

@Mariel Tano