Hope everyone is well. I’ve managed to post something this week and it should get better in the next few weeks, as I’m about to retire from work…Yippee! Thanks to Rochelle for the photo prompt this week and for always being here, despite her hectic schedule.
Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Genre: Fiction
Word Count: 100
Remembrance
Holding tightly to my grandmother’s hand, we crossed the river to the island in the middle.
The stepping-stones were slippery and we had to take great care, the water was very deep.
My mother didn’t like me going there. I think she worried about the deep water. Her father had taken her there sometimes, when he was home from the sea. I’d never met my grandfather; he left my grandmother years ago, no one mentioned him.
We had a picnic and picked some flowers which my grandmother threw into the river. I asked her why.
‘For remembrance,’ she said, smiling.
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NIce story it certainly gets you wondering what has happened
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Thanks Mick
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I like the mystery here.. there is a story to be told from that remembrance
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Thank you Björn, there is another story there, not sure which ending it will have
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Nicely open ended. I enjoyed the scene. Hope you enjoy your retirement. You’ll soon wonder how you ever found the time to work.
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Thanks Sandra. This was going to be very dark but didn’t quite end like that ! From what I hear from friends about retirement, I think you will probably be spot on
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What a delightful little tale.
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Glad you think so and thanks for reading
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Perhaps she needs to visit my priest? Intriguing
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Oh I think she definitely does! Thanks for reading Mick
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He went away, ah! I like the twist. Great story.
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Yes, he did. Thanks for reading 😀
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Her “smiling” left me smiling.
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Thought it would Dawn… thanks for reading.
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Beautifully evocative and bitter-sweet
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Thank you.
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Dear Dee,
What a sweet and enjoyable tale. Take it from a newly retired person. I’m loving life.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle
It wasn’t as sweet as it seemed.. had a problem with this tale as it was hard to get across what happened to grandpa without actually ‘telling’. I think I was a bit too obscure, but thank you as always for reading and taking the tie to comments. Hope book No.3 is coming along nicely.
Best wishes
Dee
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Dear Dee,
Your comment prompted me to go for another read. Aaah. Grandpa left…but was it of his own volition? Am I getting warm?
Book 3 is ebbing and flowing. Just when I think I know where I’m going with it, a character decides to reroute. Right now I’m wrestling with where the arc is. And on it goes.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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A sweet work there, Dee. Lots of life in those 100 words. The flowers were a nice touch, too. Thanks for this.
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Thank you Kent. Life was better after grandpa ‘disappeared’..
Dee
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The stepping stones would frighten me too on behalf of my children! And I wonder whether grandfather left of his own volition?
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Stepping-stones always look inviting but they can be treacherous to cross. Grandpa didn’t have a say in the matter, just went with the flow… pardon the pun!
Thanks for reading Liz.
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Grandpa is swimming with the fish, isn’t he? Great story, Dee, and congratulations on your retirement! Enjoy your new found time.
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Yes he is! I thought I had been a bit too obscure.
Thanks for your kind comments Erin, hope to have more time for writing.
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loved the way you ended it, great
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Thank you.
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This sets up so many trails, any of which would lead to a great reason for the family’s mysterious behaviour. I love that. There is a definitely ominous undertone regarding the mother’s experience on the island. Enjoy retirement. I’m in my third month of it right now, and every morning I have to pinch myself when I wake up. It’s great.
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Excellent news on the retirement Margaret, I hope I can say the same in 3 months time. I’ll let you know 🙂 Thanks for reading.
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I think we know what happened to grandpa… excellently told tale! 🙂
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Yes I think he got his comeuppance. Thanks for reading. 🙂
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