#soft heartbreaks

[waiting-for-summer]

somewhere between dusk and memory

[milk-and-wildflowers]

The Milward Story Collection

She prayed with folded hands, kissed in secret, and waited—for God, for love, for someone to choose her back. Told in letters, fragments, and breathless pauses, this tender companion to A Garden for the Girls We Were follows Abilene Marie Thompson: the girl outside the garden wall, writing her way toward worth. Through unanswered prayers, imagined romances, and quiet goodbyes, Abilene must learn that sometimes, the bravest thing a girl can do is believe she matters—even if no one ever says her name aloud.