The widow hugged her son as he left in pursuit of greener pastures.
She lived for his daily evening calls.
After a year, he said, “I’m married!”
Two years later… “You are a grandma!” She blessed him.
One evening she said, “Don’t waste money asking about me. I’m fine if I know you are happy.”
Thereafter, every evening she only said -“God Bless son” – when he said ‘Bye’.
One day he arrived to surprise her. He hid outside and called.
His neighbour came, placed a recorder before the receiver and left.
Dejected he sat down with his pen and diary…
Courtesy: MorgueFile
Prompt: I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.
― Anne Frank
© Nisha Sanjeev
Word Count – 100
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Written for the 100-word Saturday prompt at Write Tribe
Nisha Sanjeev 
Oh no, it is so sad and heartbreaking. Beautiful post.
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That is heart-breaking but the son deserved this. isn’t it?
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Ohh so sad…how we leave behind loved ones for materialistic things only to come back when it’s too late
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o touching! I have also selected the same quotation but with a different perspective.
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Poignant n sad, well done with the prompt Nisha 🙂
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Materialism does all that. 😦 We need balance.
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Thank you all for the feedback
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Very moving take on the prompt, Nisha. Hey, do you have two blogs? WordPress and Blogger?
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Yeah Shailaja…Blogger is my old one [personal accounts]
And I started a wordpress now [to concentrate on fiction]
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Oh my! 😦 That was heartbreaking!
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Oh my that was heartbreaking! 😦 Well composed!
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that’s so sad 😦 wonderful take on prompt.
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I always tell me children — do it, say it before it is too late.
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The son had left a green pasture , his mom, to chase a mirage. So sad.
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It’s so heart-breaking and soothing at the same time, knowing writing is such a power that makes memories alive:)
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Ouch! this was so sad. Nicely written, Nisha!
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Really heartbreaking. We run behind money and materialistic success so much so that we forget our loved ones who are left behind :/.
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