Green Ribbon Book Novels & Stories

He told to help myself to whatever book I may want to read and he took his seat behind his desk, writing away on a parchment with a quill pen. I schemed through ledgers of the books, reading titles that were written in languages I did not understand. All the books were red, except for a particular purple one. Curious, I picked it and read the words written on the hard cover; ‘Lobo’ was the single word that was inscribed into the thick cover.

Always. Yours truly, Lilly (Your little Ribbon)' My heart fights through the mess of feelings I try to deal with. A heavyweight tries to press over my chest and cloud my mind, but for the first time, instead of feeling the bad, I concentrate on the good. I concentrate on the last two months, on yesterday, on last night and I let everything else go. I stare at the blue ribbon laying over my palm and I know, I just know; This is just the beginning.

The cover of the third book was a silent declaration of victory. Where the previous ones had carried dark and uncertain tones, this one displayed a watercolor in golds and deep blues—colors that evoked sunrises over the ocean, promises kept, and horizons that had finally revealed themselves within reach. The title, engraved in handwritten letters like an intimate confession, was simple and revolutionary: “To Live.”