Finding Nemo: A Short Story

As Dory from Finding Nemo stated,“I look at you and I’m home.”Her name was Sarah, she had skin as dark as the night sky, her eyes were as brown as dark chocolate, but no one wanted her, absolutely no one. It wasn’t because of how skinny she was. It wasn’t because of how sad she always appeared to be, no, it was because of something else, something she was born with. The reason why no one wanted her was because every time someone looked at her, all they saw was her peeling skin, a snake shedding its old skin, leaving it behind. Many people believed that her family was cursed. They thought that her family had done something to upset God, so He showed no mercy on her, she was cursed to shed her skin everyday and everynight. Others believed that she was born with an unknown skin

“Why, why do you want to adopt me? Aren’t you scared of me, and my curse?”
“No, not anymore, not ever again.”
On that day, I made a promise, a promise to a six year old girl from another six year old girl. I promised that I would adopt Sarah. I never got to fulfill that promise. Two weeks after I made it, my sister and I were adopted, taken to a new family, our own family. Seeing the way that Sarah looked at me behind the orphanage gates was heartbreaking. Her silent crying, the tears flowing down landing on the broken concrete ground. I could take it, take her pain away. I failed her, I let her down, her one chance of happiness, and I walked away.
I never saw little Sarah again. Every single day, I wake up thinking what would have happened if I kept my promise. I relive that day every single time I want to make a promise because I know I might not be able to keep it. Making a promise takes effort and a great deal of strength. On that day, I was without both effort and strength. Good-bye my dear Sarah. Promise me you’ll always remember :
“You’re braver than you believe,
Stronger than you seem, and Smarter than you