in which our heroine fumes about some of her past.

holidailies writing prompt: If you could change, undo or modify one decision in your past, which would it be and why?

I can answer this with absolutely no hesitation (and have been known to): unequivocally, the year in Texas. I would excise that horrible mistake from my past like the tumor that it is.

some people think it was the time I spent in California that broke me -- financially, mentally, emotionally, and in spirit. but no. I agree that I did have some hard times in California, a good number of them my own making. but stopping in Austin on the way to Atlanta was a move that cost me so much, did so much damage -- and not just to me, which is the hardest part of all -- that it is the single worst thing that I have ever done.

maybe I wouldn't have ended up any happier if I'd bypassed Austin completely, or any better off moneywise, or any saner. but god help me, I wouldn't have had Michael to regret every day for the rest of my life, and that would make everything -- everything -- better than the way things really went.