Hanae Livingston

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

45 karma pts

?

“The Cat and I Grieve Together” by Hanae Livingston

Submitted to Contest #187

The cat will close her eyes around you only when she trusts you. It means she’s relaxed and happy. I enjoy being part of personal, private moments with her, such as when she grooms herself on my bed, drinks from my glass, or sits with her rear right in my face. As I pluck the fur out of my mouth in the mornings, I remind myself that she does these things around me because she trusts me. There are times when she follows me into the bathroom. There, ,she watches me, in varying states of modesty, as I wash up, brush my hair, of otherwise conduc...

6 comments 6
Read story

“Mama's Lesson” by Hanae Livingston

Submitted to Contest #130

I uncovered the box, and the drive to declutter my parent’s basement evaporated. Tucked under the stairs of my parent’s home, the box’s white surface bore my name in English. HANAE Mama’s beautiful handwriting had changed very little since she had made this mark. Pulling it open, I was transported to another place and time, when my hands had lifted this lid and beheld the same treasures they did now. I marveled at the faded green sweater sitting at the top of the clothes inside, the first that Mama had ever made for me. We lived tucked...

2 comments 2
Read story

Author bio

I admire in writing what I do in the philosophies of Diogenes and Willy Wonka.