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Anniversary for One
Today would have been their 60th anniversary if Charles had lived. To celebrate Jessica packed a special dinner and took the keys to her daughters car. She knew Sharon had made plans, but she wanted to be alone with her memories.
She found the place easily enough, though she was shocked to see that the roof was long gone. Here is where they’d made love for the first time, and then, Charles had proposed.
Climbing the stairs she laid out a blanket for her meal and adjusted her pillow. Alone she ate, watching the sunset and waiting for high tide.
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Life on the Farmlet 
That was so sad. I was rooting for her. Nicely written.
~Zainab
60 years is a long time to be with someone and then suddenly be alone…
Thank you, Zainab!
Very good writing Lynda for a sad story. I like the picture very much.
I’ll admit it is sad, Chantal, and sometimes I wonder where my ideas come from. (???)
Dawn’s photograph did make the story easy to write.
SUCH a sad tale! Do I dare ask what happens at high tide?
WELL DONE once again, Lynda!! Re your comment on story content/origins to Chantal: that’s what I had just wondered (for the umpteenth time; )
You know the answer.
Thank you, Deb!
An excellent job. Like minds think alike my submission this week was a love story too that ended with one mate being dead.
I was surprised (I often am) at how many of us went in the same direction. Some humorous, some bittersweet, all involving love. Thank you!
I have three “friends” who have lost their husbands in recent years. This Christmas seemed to be especially hard on them, although i imagine most days are.
The holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, they are all difficult times when a loved one is gone. So much emotion is invested in these eventful days. It just isn’t the same after they are gone.
Thank you for visiting, Dawn!
Nicely done, and very poignant.
Thank you, Sandra!
Dear Lynda,
Well crafted and bittersweet. I enjoyed this very much.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Rochelle, thank you!
May I share? Your story, and the link to the article that spawned it, had me involved in a wildly disturbing nightmare last night!
Yes, your writing was that good.
I’d be honored. Thank you
There’s my girl with her Friday Fictioneers!! You know how I love your writing.
Sad, yes, but she knows what she wants … to be back with her lover of 60 years,
That photos is awesome!
How’s the knee?
Thank you, Laurie! Yes, this photo was an inspiring one, wasn’t it? I love it when I can look at a photo and the words instantly begin forming in my head. 😀
My knee is no better, but then, it is no worse. I saw the Dr., I am going to get x rays tomorrow, and thankfully, therapy is on the horizon! I traded in my staff for a proper walking cane last night. An amazing alignment shift, and now my other joints are happy! I am very frustrated that I can’t even get out to walk. Even the grocery store sends me home in pain. GAAACK!
This too shall pass. 😉
yes it will but no where near fast enough!!!
No, it is never fast enough to suit us energetic folks, is it? 😉
So sad, but so lovingly written.
Thank you, Freya!
Very nice. I just hope Sharon doesn’t get worried. I wonder if she knows where her mother went?
Thank you, Linda, and good question! I’m certain that Jessica would have shared some of the stories of that intimate, and meaningful, spot with her daughter over the years. Whether it will occur to her or not… well…
Nevertheless, I’m certain that the authorities will find the missing car.
You always put such lovely thoughts to the saddest photos… nice work, Lynda!
Thank you, Lori. Funny thing about this one; readers are taking the ending in two very different ways!
Lynda, clearly we were indeed on the same wavelength. Mine is a continuation, but yours holds all of the loss and longing of a story that’s longer. Well done.
Thank you! If I keep working at this I might actually become proficient. 🙂
I think you’re doing great!
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Nicely written, but a sad story. Grief is like that.
Yes, it is.
Thank you, Patti!
HI Lynda, Sixty years….Wow! You have a treasure trove of memories; delight and relish them. He will never be forgotten! -Angela
Was my fiction that good, Angela? This was a flash-fiction writing based off of the picture prompt above. I am sorry I tricked you, but flattered that you were convinced!
Yes, it was that good–it fooled me. Or was it that I just woke up, did not have my coffee and had no heat in this frigid cold weather? You fooled me! Great job, not too many do….hehehehe
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