- Tessa Morris sat by the window of her small, timeworn apartment and gazed out onto the cracked pavement below.
The early morning light crept in, soft and gray, as if promising a new start despite the years of struggle etched on her face. Every day, she rose before the sun, determined to face another day in a world that had long seemed indifferent to her pain. Being a single mother to her only son, Liam, had never been easy—but the weight of responsibility was a burden she bore with both pride and sorrow.