Hero ~ Sunday Scribblings

~*~ To My Husband ~*~

There once was a girl who carried a bag made of carpet and she walked everywhere she went. It was a very heavy bag and its contents were known only by her. She traveled to places that were very far away, she climbed high mountains and ran the low valley's, hauling the bag with her all the while. She met many people, who all eventually became curious of the bag and what it contained. During one of her travels, she met a great King and upon the introductions he inquired of the bag,
"What doest thou carry in the baggage of your claim?"
Not knowing how to describe its contents, she took a deep breath and with downcast eyes replied.
"Everything that I need to be happy" and with that she left the presence of the King and all his company, to find the nearest path and be on her way.

Many days later, the girl came across a boy who also traveled with a bag. He wore a straw hat with a brown leather band and his bag had many different sized pockets that held many different sized things. He invited her to rest on the side of the road with him and she did.
"What do you carry in that bag of yours?" she asked.
"Everything I need to be happy" he cheerfully replied.

Now the girl was extremely curious because she knew that inside her bag there was no happiness at all. She had lied to the King in the hopes that happy things would not interest him, as the King already had so much happiness himself. Inside of her bag she carried all of her broken dreams and the fractured pieces of life. She felt shame and the boy knew she was unhappy and scared. They traveled together for days, which turned into weeks, which turned into months. The boy fell in love with the girl and one day he bravely asked,
"What is it that you carry in that bag of yours?"
"Nothing important" she said quietly, as she clutched the bag in her lap.
"Can I see what you have?" he sincerely asked as he softly touched her cheek.
She placed the bag on the ground and slowly opened the zipper and with tears in her eyes she said,
"Go ahead and look, but once you do, you will never love me again."
He reached in and took out the first dream, all shiny and new, another reach revealed a piece of life that was made whole and everything was in order. She gasped in surprise and said to the boy,
"What's happened to me, I don't understand?"
"While you slept each night of our travels, I worked extra hard, so that you could have, all of your dreams, a life that could heal and whatever is left doesn't matter to me, for I will love you all the days of my life."
And with everything shared and everything said, the hero picked up one bag in each hand and together, they traveled till the end of their lives.