His only wish this year was to have a friend. Someone who really cared, someone he could tell everything to, and they wouldn’t judge him. But his hopes were low, and as the end of the year grew closer, he began to think he would go another year alone, confined in a hospital with no one to talk to.

She wanted for everything to be okay. What had begun as a simple trip with her mother to visit family in England had turned into a disaster. Feeling alone and lost, her chances of having a cheerful Christmas grow slimmer each passing day.

But life has an odd way of playing out, and what begins a tragedy can sometimes transforms into
something beautiful