A Girl With A Golden Heart

The spot I landed in the river was deep enough to swallow me whole. Bad luck on my side; I was a very poor swimmer. I'm not proud to say I don't know how to swim back then. It was after that tragic event did I learn to swim. Therefore, one can say that the good swimming skills which I possess today were learnt out of necessity.

I tried to call for help each time the high current throws me to the surface. Just when I try to call Leah, water usually enters my mouth and I will end up struggling with how to contain the water. With each passing moment, I wasted trying to call Leah, the current of the river keeps pushing further into the deeper path. That went on for several minutes until I decided, enough was enough! I accepted my fate. I thought I was going to die because, all I could see then, was death, I was far from life. I'm very sure that by the time I was about to give up, I have already taken in lots of water into my body through my mouth and nose. I was closing my eyes to mother-