and throw it into the crackling fire. With it go my hopes and dreams. Hopes that the Brude of Brudes will come into her own in glorious light and peace. Dreams that I will find the special one who will be with me for life, and I will have a family of my own to love and cherish. I watch Verica as she drops her offering into the fire, and my heart goes out to her. At that moment, she looks so alone, so lonely. I pray that her destiny will allow her the kind of love that I am looking for, and the happiness that goes with it.