PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The vase of gilded roses sat, as they always had, on the sideboard in her grandmother’s neat apartment.
Next to them were the photographs of family members long gone, whose names she’d been made to commit to memory.
She had only once asked about the significance of those roses. Her grandmother’s eyes had welled with tears and so she’d changed the subject.
Their family had been prosperous and powerful once, but no one spoke of their fall from grace.
Someday, she hoped she’d have the courage to ask again and the courage to cope with her grandmother’s answers.
This was written for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Friday Fictioneers picture challenge:
and also included the word prompts:
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/commit/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/your-daily-word-prompt-someday-february-22-2019/
Nicely done.
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Thank you very much. 🙂
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You’re welcome, Kristian
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I hope she doesn’t wait too long with her questions. There soon may be no one left to answer.
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That’s true so much is lost because too much is left unsaid. 🙂
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I’d love to hear how the family fell.
Mine: http://www.aliceaudrey.com/?p=16618
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How sad she is left with no answers!
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Dear Kristian,
Families. Aren’t they grand? Interesting melding of prompts.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. Yes, nothing like a few family secrets. 🙂
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Like her I would love to find out the story behind those roses. Nice one.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Stories about the fall from grace always pierce the heart. I would love to hear it too. Well done on the prompt.
My post here: http://www.lifeofleo.in/2019/02/the-inheritance-of-loss.html
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Thank you very much. I’ll check it out now. 🙂
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That is the key, courage to ask knowing the answers won’t be to your liking. Quite the mysterious atmosphere. Nicely done!
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Thank you, sometimes the most interesting tale is the one that remains untold. 😉
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