Tito
Her husband was gone.
Those dreamy eyes that were once filled with so much love for her now were replaced with bitterness.
The only thing that showed a resemblance to what they once shared was now the shell of hatred.
The guy with the boyish grin she fell in love with as a school teacher was no more.
She remembered that cloudless night he had told her he was no longer in love with her.
Even the stars didn’t shine…
they were ashamed and crawled into the dark clouds.
Her hand had trembled when he handed her the divorce papers.
She signed trembling and without saying a word to him.
He didn’t try either.
He slammed the door.
Not even a word to his daughter.
The pain stung her heart and she bled as the tears rolled down freely.
To make matter worse she had no money.
And she had been living from hand to mouth since her husband left.
Her baby’s cries got her back to reality but it sounded like a mournful song in her ears, it made her cry more.
She picked her up, held her in her arms, and ran to catch the train.
Right on the train, an idea came to her. She was excited. She knew this was it! The weapon of her good fortune dropped on her lap on a train!
She had a story!
But she had no computer and she couldn’t even afford the money to make copies.
She typed her story manually.
It was a 90,000-word manuscript, she manually typed each version she sent out to publishing houses and they were all rejected.
Finally, Bloomsbury, a small London publisher, gave it a second chance after the CEO’s eight-year-old daughter fell in love with it.
And the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone was published.
J.K. Rowling’s life changed forever.
The children’s fantasy novel became an international hit and Rowling became an international literary sensation.
Never give up because you never know when success might come knocking on your door.
Have a fantastic week ahead!!