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Write about a “found family” who are finally able to get together again after a long time apart.

Posted in Fluff on Oct 26, 2022

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“The pain of choice” by Charlotte Sully

Submitted to Contest #79

                               Scarlet There are many hard things I have witnessed in my life. Watched my mother die before my eyes. Seen our field slaves beat to a pulp because of a simple accident. Had to nurse my father back to sobriety after his daily nights at the saloon. Now as I see it, all that was easy compared to what I had to do next.  Rain falls all around me, bringin...

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“Growing Pains” by Bree Reeves

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Everything was easy when we were little, you were only a year or two older. We would dance and play all day, I never forgot how close we were, how much we dress like a Princess and a Prince. How mother would berate you for using Ethan’s old clothes. “You’re a girl!” She would say exasperated dragging you away to our room. “but Ethan won’t play princess and Princes with us so one of us has to step up,” would be your excuse but we both knew you felt more comfortable that way. Mother would always argue with Dad about us, saying we were t...

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“Bonds that Never Cease to Exist” by Reamae Jorolan

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On the day of September 12, 1994 when Rico, Randy’s brother, went missing without any trace. Their whole family was devastated when they learned that Rico went lost. They searched him everywhere but they didn’t found him. Their mother and father didn’t miss a day to find him but then again they failed. They asked every possible person who can take him in but still they didn’t get any clue where to find him. Randy who knew why his brother fled didn’t utter any words in their parents. Randy can’t blame Rico for his decisions because their par...

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“THE HEIRLOOM” by Sophia Edna Taljaard

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The old pepper tree lay upturned on the ground, its roots exposed to the unmerciful rays of the burning sun, the heat bereaving them of their last drops of sap. It had fallen squarely over the two graves that the old man had carefully set so that he could sit in its shade in the late afternoons to look at the graves and think back on the years spent with his wife and after her, the years with his dog. The fallen tree was a shock and a step toward even more nothingness in his life than ever before. He went inside the house, taking the broom ...

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“Out of comfort zone life” by Nqobile Cebile

Submitted to Contest #79

After the dismissal of her mom from the family, they roamed around the village tried to find the place to stay. Rose was the only living daughter of Lillian, her siblings died after birth. Rose didn’t know her father’s family and her mother was HIV positive. Rose’s mother were dismissed from the family members because they believed that she was going to bring bad lack of having children’s who die after birth and diseases in the family. Rose was raised by neighbours while her mom was searching for job to support her. “you daughter of a bitch’...

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“Joanne” by Colleen Caruso

Submitted to Contest #79

The blistering heat created subtle waves across the fields for as far as I could see. As I waited in the beating sun, I saw Little Orphan Annie dancing across the waves, Sandy in tow.  Instead of the dog, I had a worn, brown suitcase at my side, containing whatever would fit from my room at Miss Eleanor’s House for Girls. I was standing at the bus stop a mile and a half down the road, which was more or less a weathered sign on a pole that the driver of the 152 knew to slow down for when they saw a person standing idle.  The f...

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“She-Who-Brought-Fire” by Julia Corliss

Submitted to Contest #79

Tabby lifted her head as the dawn light rose above the horizon. She couldn’t hear any sounds except those of morning birds and frogs, so she knew some sort of water source was nearby. She could distinctly smell the smokey remains of fire drifting in the air and wondered what had burned. She couldn’t remember what had happened. It was as if she was coming anew into the world. She felt her body and realized that her body was sound. Nothing broken, and that was a good thing to know. Thirst was driving her to rise and seek water, so she pushed h...

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“Oh, Brother!” by Jessica Morgan

Submitted to Contest #79

My phone buzzed. A text message from my brother. Hmm. That’s odd. We really don’t talk  much unless it’s something really REALLY important. I have some news. Call me when you can.  Blah. It’s really REALLY important.  I replied. K. I’m at work and I still have a few more clients to see. Then I’ll call you.   As if this year hasn’t been hard enough! I don’t know how much more I can possibly take.  I finished up with my last client and escorted her out the door, my stomach churning and my mind racing at the t...

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“ONLY CLEMENTINA IS MISSING” by Mara Masolini

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ONLY CLEMENTINA IS MISSING The light of the evening enters the room through the wide window, like a gray veil which spreads over everything.  Yet a short time has passed since from the same window she could see the burning sky of the sunset. Anne is sitting near the window, as if she wanted to be enveloped by the evening which is falling, by the light more and more gray, increasingly darkening , and as she wanted  be wrapped by the play of the shadows , which slip on the walls of the room, on the pieces of the furnit...

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“Death do us part” by Trinity Gerritsen

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Death Do Us Part. By Trinity Gerritsen The water is red with Jeff’s blood. I don’t know what happened, the knife slipped out of my hands and I put the body in the water. The fish continue nibbling at him. I thought to myself "ewwww gross." Then suddenly realized that Jeff is dead. My only brother lying there bleeding out into the lake. I suddenly collapsed into the water and started gathering up what was left of my 26 year old brother. There wasn't much left though only his eyes and one of his hands so I took them home and decided to put his...

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“HAPPY PLACE” by Dolapo Omoleme

Submitted to Contest #79

The ache that had clawed its way up from his legs to his waist started to reach for his shoulders as the ocean of repurposed cartons came into view. He tightened his grip on the nylon bag and picked up the pace as his final destination came into view, and so did the others in his group. He remembered it like it had happened the previous day. He remembered the long days they spent planning the trip. He remembered the skepticism he and the group shared about the prospects of the trip being successful. He remembered his worries about the effe...

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“Cheers” by Elizabeth Durusau

Submitted to Contest #79

"Liz, I've been trying to get a hold of you," said Todd on the other end of my phone. "What's up?" I said. I was distracted. I didn't know why he called. I was dealing with a project that was stressing me out. "Josh is dead." I dropped the pen in my hand. "What?" "I'm so sorry darlin'. He's gone." I closed my eyes. No. Please no. "Do I even need to ask what happened?" I didn't. I knew I didn't. But I knew I should ask. "I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I'm sure I'm thinking the same thing as you." Last time I saw Josh h...

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“Daddy, where did you go?” by Sara Johnson

Submitted to Contest #79

It was another humid and hot September day in California. There wasn't to much to do, especially in the area we lived. We lived in San Pedro in the desert. Typical day for me we consist of, exploring the desert with my dog Cody. Hanging around the house and just being a normal kid. We didn't have it all but we had enough. Life wasn't the best but we were happy. Or so that is what I thought, until today everything changed. I'm not exactly sure why and I don't know how. All I do know is in that late September day, my daddy the man he looked ...

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“Found Family” by Terri Ragsdale

Submitted to Contest #79

                         Found Family                       My beloved sister My sister, Mary Venus, and I were born in a small jungle village in Tampico-Alto Veracruz, Mexico. In 1941, World War II broke out. My father, a doctor with his small clinic, was doing humanitarian work medically helping ...

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“RE-UNITED AGAIN” by Charlotte Geldenhuys

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I was 12 years of age and it was the year 1982. She was eight years of age. I grew up in Goodwood and she grew up in Lansdowne. I have a younger brother. Sally has an older sister and two older brothers. Cousins growing up in different suburbs in the Western Cape, South Africa. We used to get together at our grandparents’ house over the very special times of the year, particularly over Easter and Christmas.  We were a large family. My grandparents had a son and four daughters. The son had four children. The oldest ...

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