hardships

Meera sat quietly in her small, tidy room, the dim glow of the lantern casting soft shadows on the walls. She glanced over at her sleeping daughter, gnapika , her heart swelling with a mixture of love and worry. gnapika chest rose and fell gently with each breath, her small hand clutching the edge of the blanket.

Meera had been through more than her fair share of hardships. The memories she had were fragmented, like shards of broken glass that didn't quite fit together. She often found herself staring out into the distance, trying to piece together the life she once had, the family she might have known. But those memories were lost to her, swept away by the tides of a tragic accident that had left her alone and pregnant.

Her pregnancy had been fraught with difficulties. She had been weak and malnourished, struggling to find the strength to bring her baby into the world. It was during this desperate time that she had been found by an old