Movingahead Stories

Immediately after the plane crash aftermath, Seattle feels like a graveyard for Meredith and Derek. Every hallway reminds her of Mark's laugh, Lexie's smile, or the way her world almost fell apart. Derek's hand is healing slowly-but the fear of never operating again is eating him alive. When Derek's mother visits and sees how fragile they both are, she gently tells them: "Come home. Let us carry you for a while." So MerDer packs up baby Zola and leave Seattle for the Shepherd family home in coastal Maine-where Derek grew up, where there are no ghosts, and where his sisters can take turns helping with Zola.

I don't know. I love you. But I love you not. I don't need you. But deep inside I know I do. I'm a wreck.

It’s been months since my wife left me. But I still find it difficult to continue on this treacherous journey of life without her companionship. While taking the holy vows of marriage, she had promised me she’d never leave me. But now I’m left alone in this oh-so-crowded world. Or am I? Am I as alone as I feel or is she still with me? Does she continue to keep her promise or, as I dread, has she turned back on her words? I search for her at places I think she would be. I search for her in time and in memories, hoping that as I desperately try and reach out for her, she too will reach out to me. Because without her presence in my life, I fail to find any solid purpose. She couldn’t have just vanished into thin air now could she? She has to be somewhere….. I just have to find her so I could carry her with me in the next chapter of my life.