Celia Fraticelli

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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2 Stories

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“Good Night My Heart” by Celia Fraticelli

Submitted to Contest #44

I’m sorry but we could not revive your daughter. We tried everything within our power but she has died. We are so sorry. Words that no parent ever wants to hear. Aren’t births supposed to be happy and joyous times? A time to celebrate a new life, an extension of you and more importantly, a part of your heart opened as never before. But what of a life not fully given? A birth and death juxtaposed into one event at...

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“When the Bough Breaks” by Celia Fraticelli

Submitted to Contest #43

Matthew is a strong, developmentally disabled boy whom I adopted when he was nine months old. He was a happy soul who loved to be hugged and had the biggest smile I had ever seen. He struggled through life on many levels but pushed through each obstacle as effortlessly as a dolphin cutting through a wave. He saw life's challenges as games to be won and boy did he fight to win! My "Mattman" had to work harder than most children but he was accomplishing most of the goals set before him. Matthew was a soccer player for the Special Olympics...

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