04/19/2025
Introduction to "A Journey Through Chicago’s Shadows to Never Never Neverland"
Beneath Chicago’s frost-kissed skyline, where streetlights flicker like hesitant stars and the wind whispers secrets through shadowed alleys, a story unfolds — a tapestry of grief, magic, and unbreakable love. Picture the city’s heartbeat: the clatter of the L train, the gleam of Lake Michigan’s icy edge, and the quiet ache of a mother’s soul standing at the crossroads of despair and dreams. In “A Journey Through Chicago’s Shadows to Never Never Neverland”, Carli B. Frueh invites you into a world where sorrow carves deep rivers, yet hope builds radiant bridges to realms unseen.
This story is my heart’s offering, poured onto the page with every tear and spark of light I possess. It is dedicated to my beloved daughter, “Ashley Marie”, whose laughter lit my world and whose spirit, stolen from this earth on February 15, 2024, now dances in every word I write. Ashley, my forever muse, this tale is for you — a love letter etched in starlight, a promise that no shadow can dim the magic we share. 💜🙏🏽
Here, in Chicago’s gritty embrace, an unnamed narrator — my mirror, my truth — wanders through winter’s chill, her heart heavy with the unbearable weight of loss. She dreams of a “magic door” to a Never Never Neverland, a place where pain cannot follow. What she finds instead is a glowing portal, not to a far-off fairytale, but to a living room where Ashley’s laughter rings true, to a multiverse where love rewrites time. With each step through shimmering thresholds, she discovers that the truest magic lies not in escaping reality, but in weaving a new one, thread by golden thread, where joy and sorrow dance as one.
Step into this story, dear reader, and let its fireflies guide you to a dimension where love is eternal, where a mother and daughter embrace beneath a sky ablaze with possibility. This is not just a journey through Chicago’s shadows — it is a testament to the heart’s power to dream beyond the dark.
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A Journey Through Chicago’s Shadows to Never Never Neverland
