What is destiny? Can one shape their own future or is it written in the stars? Do we really have any say in the course of our lives or are we just fooling ourselves?

Sighing sadly as these questions raced through Marissa's mind she gazed at her daughter, sleeping peacefully wrapped up in the comforting and familiar warmth of her mother's embrace. Her heart shattered as she tried to imagine her as a toddler taking her first steps, or as a mood teenager. She knew not what...