Her father loved roses.
He planted a new variety every year.
He would spend his time tending them and teaching his daughter to love them too.
The American Beauty was the first one he planted. Their deep red held a fragrance similar to the lotion her grandma wore and she loved to smell them.
The following year her father planted a Kennedy Rose. She had heard of Kennedy he was a hero to her parents. She didn’t know who he was except that he was dead and that his rose was beautiful.
When her father stopped coming home the roses died.
This post is in response to the 100 word writing challenge from Velvet Verbosity where we are asked to write 100 words inspired by a single prompt. This week’s word is Roses.
Beautiful roses, Dawn, but such a sad ending to the story.
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100 words forces you to end it rather quickly.
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🙂
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Sad story, as Sylvia says, powerful though. Absolutely beautiful photo.
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Thanks so much Sherri.
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Such a sad story Dawn.
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Divorce is like that Joe, as I am sure someone in your position is well aware of.
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Not only am I aware of it Dawn I have walked through it. When my wife left me many things around me died for quite a few seasons. Walking my children through that time as “mom went to find herself” was particularly hard. Learning to shoulder my part of the blame in her needing to do that and walking through that with my kids is a part of the process I am still walking through. How I wish things had been different for all of us.
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Oh wow, that’s really hard Joe. Thanks for sharing that. I didn’t mean my comment to be personal. I imagined as a pastor you counsel a lot of divorced or about to be divorced people. I’ve been through two myself and if I had been a church going woman I think I would seek counsel and comfort from my pastor.
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Having a church family that supported us through that time was incredibly healing. The most amazing thing was watching how the church continued loving my wife through it and reached out to her. In the end I think it has helped us all to reconcile after a fashion.
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Happy that you all found peace.
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Thanks.
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How very sad and abrupt, just as real life is. You did a great job, drawing me in with the happy memories, only to feel the sudden loss and sadness that your character must have felt. Well done.
Blessings,
Cheryl
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Thank you Cheryl.
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There are so many casualties of divorce/separation. We don’t always notice what was tended to until the caretaker is gone.
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Oh, that is so very true!
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Such an emotive story. Great.
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I like this one too. Those 100 word stories make you wrap it up! I can be rather winded so I think it is a good thing. 😉
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I really must try them one day. Being able to be concise I think helps your writing generally but 100 words really is short.
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