But with the end coming, she was finding the nasty business of living each moment much harder than before. It was tempting to want time to pass quickly enough that she didn't have to wait long, but she feared what the end was going to be. She could handle it just fine if she lost her life. It was something she'd been expecting to happen for years. Part of her believed it was something of a miracle that she'd managed to survive as long in the Dark Lord's world as she had. People were always quick to state that someone experiencing a rough patch in their life should take it "day by day'. What if that was too hard? Hermione struggled to make it moment by moment some days. Each breath was becoming more difficult.