Menu

Prompts

DirectoryContestsMagazineFAQ
Stories
Studio

Apps

Hire professionals for your project

Advice, insights and news

Online publishing courses

Free publishing webinars

Launch your book in style

Bestseller PodcastBook Cover ArtSuccess Stories

Tools

Book Promotion SitesBook Review BlogsBooktube Channel GuideBook Title GeneratorCharacter Name GeneratorIndependent PublishersLiterary AgentsLiterary MagazinesPen Name GeneratorPlot GeneratorPublishers DirectoryShort Story IdeasWriting ContestsWriting ExercisesWriting Scholarships
Menu
Prompts
Contests
Stories
Blog
Directory
Contests
Magazine
FAQ

Shirley De Bruyn

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2025

Stories (1)
Comments
Library
2 Followers
0 Following

1 Story

20 karma pts

?

The Good Daughter Diner

Submitted to Contest #306

The Good Daughter Diner“Food is never just food. It’s memory, it’s history, it's love, and it’s loss.” —Padma LakshmiChef’s WelcomeI used to believe that moms should love to cook. They should pour their love for their families into baked goods and family dinners. Love should be a seasoning you could taste in the food, like salt or rosemary.My stepmother wasn’t like that.I thought I had lost my chance at having a real mom; she died when I was too young to remember, but in my mind, she smelled like birthday cake and warm buttered toast.Now my ...

10 likes 2 comments 2
Read story