Grandma, Grandma
Fiction Shorts word of the day: Treat
I sit staring out the window rummaging through my memories, and trust me I have plenty to choose from. I am, after all, 83 years of age and I have lived a rather colourful life.
But as I sit here contemplating the different years, I realise that I’ve stopped making memories. Now that I’m alone, I feel I’m not really living.
I hear the phone ring and stand to answer it.
“Grandma, Grandma, it’s me, William.” A little treat to brighten my day.
I smile and rethink my final thought before hearing the phone ring — I’m not alone after all!
This drabble has been written as part of the daily Drabble Drop challenge and today's random word, that must be included in the drabble, is 'treat'.
Wikipedia defines a drabble as follows :
A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.
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Colleen Millsteed
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I'm like so blind! I had to read your story three times to find the word treat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Loved your story!
Marvelous microfiction story!!!💕❤️❤️