Suyan Budhoo

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2021

Stories (6)

6 Stories

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“Weekend Special ” by Suyan Budhoo

Submitted to Contest #100

Weekend Special We were all left speculating about who would inherit what from grandma’s estate, she had passed away a few days ago from a short illness. Grandma came from humble beginnings and was widowed at the age of 30 with 4 children to support. She never remarried for the fear of “What would happen to her children if she did?” Although grandma didn’t have much money, her husband left her with a restaurant and a moderate insurance policy that would sustain her for a few years, the rest she would have to make up as...

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“SEEING THE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE STORM ” by Suyan Budhoo

Submitted to Contest #99

SEEING THE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE STORM On a warm summer’s morning I was pleasantly woken up by the refreshing sprinkle of water from the ocean and a light kiss on my forehead from the sun that was just starting to rise. It was my 18th birthday week so when asked what I wanted for my birthday I naturally asked my parents to take me to my favourite place, the beach. The night before was beautiful, spent with my family, who brought in my birthday with a delicious tiramisu cake and barbeque. The night turned to mornin...

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“WHATEVER IT TAKES ” by Suyan Budhoo

Submitted to Contest #98

WHATEVER IT TAKES “Luck favours the hard working”, that’s been my philosophy, and that’s what kept me working hard throughout my adult life. Even though I’ve been a work horse, luck seems to have eluded me like the plague. I’ve had bouts of luck from time to time, but nothing substantial to write home about. With most people, lack manifests in only one area of their life, but for some reason, it seems to have attached itself to me like a leech sucking on my blood. My lack of luck came in the form of an unsuccessful marriage, ...

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“"BETTER LATE THAN NEVER " ” by Suyan Budhoo

Submitted to Contest #97

“BETTER LATE THAN NEVER ” It was the middle of winter, with snow reaching as high as my knee, and it looked like another snow storm was about to hit our small town of Newcastle. My son had just lit the fire and I had started to make a pot of stew for supper when there came a knock at the front door. Who could that be at this hour, I thought. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, we were on level 5 lockdown and we could not have any visitors according to the government guidelines, so I naturally assumed it may have been a neighbour....

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“A WELCOME LIKE NO OTHER” by Suyan Budhoo

Submitted to Contest #96

A WELCOME LIKE NO OTHER In 2015, I had just become an ambassador of the Parliament of Religions, whose head office is in Chicago, USA. This was a community whose work I had admired since childhood and it just seemed like a natural progression that I would be affiliated with it someday. Ever since I had heard of the first Parliament which took place in 1893, it had been my dream to attend at least one conference. I am someone who lives from pay-cheque to pay–cheque and although I had dreams of attending the conference, I ...

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“A life well lived ” by Suyan Budhoo

Submitted to Contest #89

Her frail body, finally defeated by cancer lay in a marble casket which mum had chosen for herself a few months ago. Like everything in life, she wanted to be ready for death too. We all had known this day would come, yet no matter how much the doctors prepared us, nothing anyone said made it easier.If anyone looked at mum, all they saw was a bubbly woman, full of love, always sharing positivity and hope wherever she went. No one would have guessed that she, who spread so much of light had gone through so many trials in her life.&n...

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Author bio

I am a South African by birth of Indian origin. A single mother of two beautiful children, lawyer by profession, writer by passion, chef by choice, ambassador of religions by desire, humanitarian by nature and life coach just because I want to. My inspirations naturally are the late great Presidents Nelson Mandela and Dr Abdul Kalam. I'm here for my love of writing, to learn and to grow.