Isabelle Okala

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2022

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“Family Gathering” by Isabelle Okala

Submitted to Contest #162

Standing in front of the house I haven’t seen in 5 years, it feels like I never left. The front door is still painted that garish red from when I was a child and the exterior is a faded baby blue with white trim that hasn’t changed since the house was first built. The garden still looks as alive as ever, with hydrangeas, hibiscus trees, roses, and all kinds of bright plants that follow the perimeter of the house. The lawn is green, freshly mowed. Mom always was a little bit anal about how the outside of our house presented to the world, so I...

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