Bridget Ashworth

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“A Willow of Weeps ” by Bridget Ashworth

Submitted to Contest #287

Her bones were brittle, but not from age. These days, it was a workout in itself to wipe the counters clean, and had even become hard to pick up the unused dishes she’d find on the table at the end of the day. The ceramic was too heavy for her frail hands. She set a place at the table for each of her children, complete with her finest china and silverware in the proper way. But, she supposed, her children had better things to do than come eat with their poor mother. She didn’t mind, seeing as she only wanted them to be happy. And so the tabl...

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