© Anurag Bakhshi
“You know, I don’t think the flower bed is in danger from crows, Lindsey.” Kurt stood with his six-year-old daughter admiring their handiwork.
“I know that, Daddy. I just thought the flowers could use some company when we’re not around.” She stood, hands on hips, pride written all over her face.
“Well, you sure made good use of those old clothes we were going to donate to the thrift store.”
When she didn’t answer, he looked down and saw tears in her eyes. Kneeling, he put his arms around her and Lindsey held onto him tightly. “I know you miss her.”
“Why did Grandma have to die?”
“That’s why you wanted to make this, didn’t you? So we wouldn’t give away her clothes.”
“I miss her.”
“It’s okay. I miss her, too. We’ll keep anything of hers you want. I promise.”
I wrote this for the August 19th edition of Sunday Photo Fiction. The idea is to use the image above as a prompt for crafting a piece of flash fiction no more than 200 words long. My word count is 141. I know. I usually push the word count to the limit, but I didn’t need so many this time around.
To read other stories based on the prompt, visit InLinkz.com.
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Nice story, James!
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Thanks, Rosemary.
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My grandmother was my first thought too. Touching story James.
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Thank you, Susan.
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Sweet tale, one of the first tough lessons of life kids have to go through.
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Indeed. Thanks, Iain.
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A fine story that many will related to. My father’s upright piano now rests silent, I hope to find someone who needs it.
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That would be honoring his legacy, Michael.
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You big softie!
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Yeah, I guess I am.
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Nice story.
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Thanks.
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Its an emotional one.. nicely done James
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Thank you.
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Poignant. Beautiful tale of love and loss.
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Thank you, Meha.
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Heartbreaking yet heartwarming 🙂
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Thank you. My Mom, who’s 86 and suffering from memory problems, fell the other day. Fortunately, she lives in an assisted living facility, so the medical staff checked her out, and she’s okay. However, emotionally, she’s been getting more weepy and worried of late, so I will be taking a trip to where she lives pretty soon.
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Hope she gets better soon!
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Well, her memory will become worse as her disease progresses, and after all, she’s 86. Physically, she’s in pretty good shape, but sadly, all we can do now is watch her mentally decline.
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That is sad
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What a sweet story!
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Thanks.
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