The Mother thinks about what's ahead as she plays "La Vie En Rose."

I own nothing.

It was a lot harder for me to say "No" to Louis than I thought. I did love him, but not in the way that he wanted, not enough to spend the rest of my life with him. I had Max's blessing to move on to someone new, but like I told that weird guy that I met in the drugstore, I never felt like Louis was The One the way Max was for me. And Max always told me "Saying no to something good means saying yes to something better." And I needed something better than just a safe relationship that I didn't put my whole heart into.

I placed my guitar case on the bed and carefully took out the ukelele. I played it every time I thought of Max and every time I felt at my lowest. I wanted to sing something to Max about how much I missed him and how much I wished he was here with me now.

"La Vie En Rose" was supposed to be our wedding song. We planned to marry each other after finishing college, but we already knew that "La Vie En Rose" was the song we wanted dance to for our first dance. That very song haunted me as I strummed the opening chords.

As I played my ukulele, I felt as if I was dancing with Max in my mind, saying "Goodbye" to him. I also said "Goodbye" to Louis, who was seriously sweet and would make another woman happy. But at the same time, I also felt like I was saying "Hello" to whatever was up ahead. "Hello" to the first time that my band and I would play together without Darren and the first time I would ever go to a wedding after Max's death.

As I held the ukulele close to me, I silently asked Max for one last favor: to lead me to whomever I could give my heart to. To The Next One.

Before I went to my room, I felt a gentle breeze flow into my room. I started strumming the opening chords to one of my favorite Beatles songs. It would be perfect for the wedding.

"You say 'Goodbye,'" I sang softly, "and I say 'Hello.'"

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