Goodbye and See You Never
The landlady, an old woman with a head full of silver hair, handed me a set of keys with a smile.
"Kiddo, this place has good fortune. Everyone who's lived here ended up turning their luck around."
I glanced at the peeling wallpaper, where a crooked sunflower sticker still clung to the wall. It made me think of how my mother loved growing sunflowers by the windowsill.
She used to say, "Sunflowers are wonderful. They grow toward the light. Even when they fall, they can get back up on their own."
Out of nowhere, tears streamed down my face.