This week’s photo: © Dawn M. Miller
That old barn had been there as long as she remembered and she never really thought much about it. It was just part of the landscape. Then one year a hurricane named Diane came to town and blew it down.
Folks came out to help clean up, it wasn’t just this one barn that came down, but it was on that property where they found his remains.
She thought he had walked out on her; disappearing soon after she became pregnant. It was so long ago, she had healed, moved on, raised their son. But here she was, grieving him once again.
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Great story, begging the question, how did he die.
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I think he was murdered. Or it might have been a drug over dose. But who knows…maybe it was an aneurysm. But what was he doing in that barn. It wasn’t their barn…just some old barn on top of the hill. nobody even used it. Yes…lots of questions 😉
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The start of a mystery story, Dawn. Love it.
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Thanks Sylvia.
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Great photo too. 😍
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Thanks Sylvia. Truth of the matter is this barn did get blown away. Maybe not by a hurricane, these old barns stand forever and one day a big ole gust does them in!
It is so hard to wrote a story from your own picture. You’d think I would have had something ready when Rochelle asked me for it weeks ago but no…sigh…
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Well, you did a great job, Dawn. 👏🏻
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Awww…thanks so much. It felt a little clunky to me but I knew if I didn’t post it when I did I wouldn’t post at all.
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And with a mystery to solve it seems. A discovery that will have her re-contemplating her past for a long time.
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Yes….can you imagine?
Thanks for reading Iain.
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That’s rough. His whole life, her son thought his father was a completely different man. I’m sure she didn’t have many nice things to say about him.
Now, I’m curious about how he died and stayed hidden so long. “I looked everywhere.” “Did you check the barn?” “He’s not in the barn.”
Cool picture, by the way.
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Right? So many questions.
Thanks for reading.
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Nice. Unexpected. Simply told and pulled me right in. Randy
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Thanks Randy.
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It’s annoying when the past turns out not to be what you thought it was
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And yet that happens SO often!
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Maybe he didn’t deliberately leave her, though she’ll never know
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Just more questions…thanks for reading Larry.
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Interesting, having to rethink all your opinions and mind-sets about someone. Much to think about here, and a great photo, Dawn.
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Thanks Sandra.
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Wow, wow, wow! Wasn’t expecting that. Great take on your photo prompt, Dawn.
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Thanks Susan.
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Dear Dawn,
Quite the photo and a well-told story to go with it. Happy to lure you back into the FF fold.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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❤
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Wow, powerful story with strong emotion. Now, her unanswered questions are resolved and maybe this time around the healing will be complet. Great job!
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Thanks Brenda.
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This story left me, like everyone else, utterly intrigued and full of questions.
I wondered if she had killed him, then blanked the memory.
I have the same problem about writing for one of my photos,
Is it because we already know the usually quite mundane truth, which makes it more difficult to create a fiction?
Good photo, very USA!
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I think it is because we already know the mundane truth, as you say.
Thanks for this great feedback!
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Intriguing. As it’s your photo you probably know more than you are telling us!!!
Here’s mine!
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LOL…thanks Keith.
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You never know what a storm might uncover. Nice one!
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Thanks Ali.
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Now, that would be a mysterious death worthy of investigation. Great story.
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Thank you
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What a mind mess that would make! Not only did he not desert her and their unborn child but he may need to be avenged! Such a good story that left me wanting more.
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love never dies. she must still have feelings for him.
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Well now that she knows…
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Well written because you leave the reader wondering. Accident, suicide or murder? What happened? Nice one, Dawn
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Thank you Michael
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Great piece.
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Thank you
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If he died in the barn and remained hidden it can’t have been a natural death. This story needs a whole other chapter!
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Thanks Liz.
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Oh, well done, Dawn! Nothing worse when you have to rethink the possible story you created for yourself. And now, so many questions remain unanswered!
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Thanks Dale.
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Talk about a tough emotional situation! Thinking he’d run out on her and then finding him dead years later. Good story, Dawn, that raises so many questions. And thanks for the cool picture!
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Thanks Sascha.
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Oh, I want to read the rest!
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Thank you, Linda.
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Lovely fluent story-telling Dawn. I like the way the real plot is the questions that we all ask after reading the story. What an emotional upheaval she must feel, and what guilt. I wonder, too, what on earth she said to their son…
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Interesting take on the prompt!
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Thank you
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