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

Submissions are closed

Sorry, we are not accepting submissions for this prompt as it is not part of an active contest. Make sure you don't miss our next contest by creating your free Reedsy Prompts account.

Or create a new Reedsy account:

Why not check out our active contest?

✍️ 100 stories

“Finding A Miracle” by Tiffany Chaplin

Submitted to Contest #79

Sarah and Matthew have made plans to take a trip to Denver over the winter break. Christmas was soon to be here and they had family in Colorado that they were desperately missing. They planned to take their 4 children along with them on their long trip. Sarah yells," Kids, it's time for breakfast! " She could hear the two girls fighting over the bathroom mirror and the two boys were already flying down the stairs.They all rush to the dinner table with excitement. Pancakes were one of their favorite things to eat f...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Conchie” by David Harland

Submitted to Contest #79

A week’s leave. It was really happening, thought Chas. He’d been dreaming of this for months, of coming home. It had been thoughts of home and family that had kept him going through the many dark times and dangers he had faced while away overseas. He stretched as the train pulled into the station, having managed to get a few hours’ sleep on the four-hour journey. He could do with sleeping for four days. Somewhere on the platform a newspaper seller was shouting. “Evening Standard-latest war news!” The vendor pronounced it “E’ning Stannard.” ...

1 comment 1

Read story

“The Irish Twin and The Unlucky One” by Kara Fagan

Submitted to Contest #79

Christiana always thought about her birth story. She’s always known she was adopted but became increasingly curious of the details around the beginning of high school. She wasn’t looking to form any relationships right away, but at least start from the beginning and find one member who shared the same blood as her. All she knew was that she had an ‘Irish Twin’ sister (she was also adopted to a different family), and a birth father living it up in the beaches of Santa Barbara. But that was it… Where exactly did I come from? Has my sister, f...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Like Father Like Son” by Jo Wightman

Submitted to Contest #79

The paper felt like cloth in his big hands. He had folded and unfolded it hundreds of times until almost every word had creases. It never left his pocket and every few minutes he found his hand crept towards it to bask in its reassurance like a cat to sunny sill. He was not one for smiling unnecessarily and his face was unused to the manoeuvre yet today he found his cheeks making a frequent journey towards his eyes. He rested his stocky frame on the bench, the muscle from years of labouring was slowly but steadily melting into fat no...

0 comments 0

Read story

“We have been looking everywhere for you” by Serena Green

Submitted to Contest #79

There are some feelings, some deep personal feelings, that are unexplainable. The ones you can’t really share with anyone, even if you did want to; even if you did try to put them into words. The same ones that seem to always last longer than all the others. Alice was experiencing a fair dose of a mix of them at the same time. Sitting at the edge of the rooftop of a two story building, she felt anxious, sad, angry; but not quite. It was as if someone had had a recipe that required all of the above, but had somehow mixed up the doses. Not t...

2 comments 2

Read story

“Family” by Carol Keefer

Submitted to Contest #79

I watch the snowfall blanketing the street below, drawing a heart shape on the frosty window. “I don’t like lawyers,’ I mused to myself, trudging down the steps, wearing layers of clothes ready to face the icy fingers of the winter's wind. ‘It’s not fit for man or beast,’ I said with a chuckle, clutching my coat tighter, trying to stay warm as I hail a cab. And after a few attempts, one stopped up at the corner, wadding through the snow, as the air steals my breath. “Where to?” the cab driver said, keeping his eye...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Prayers and Present” by Irene Shi

Submitted to Contest #79

If Annie was being honest, she did not really like what she was doing. Waiting for someone who was doing great in life and probably not familiar anymore while she panics silently where she sits, wearing her one and only decent dress she had been wearing for seven years already and only for very special occasions. But still, she managed to let out a fake joyous “I can't wait” when she was contacted by an unknown number then invited in a dinner by her brother whom she never heard from for the past ten years. R...

0 comments 0

Read story

“A true incident that happened at the hospital” by Rani Kulatunga

Submitted to Contest #79

This is a true story and I am going to write about one incident in the hospital. I do not know to mention the name of the village and the patient's name. I had a sudden pain in my chest and the Doctor asked me to get ECG and it was little doubt. Therefore, he advised me to admit to the hospital. Without my family members, I went to the hospital with my friends' supports. It was very weak to control my mind while admitting to the hospital. I must mention the hospital's name because their services were very genuine. Badulla hospital...

0 comments 0

Read story

“Vines From an Old Friend” by F A

Submitted to Contest #79

“Come on, James.” Eliss grabbed me by the hand and lead me deeper into the trees. “I told you I knew I secret spot where no one could find us.” “This seems a little dangerous,” I whispered. Eliss came to a full stop and spun around on his heel as quick a ballerina. “Impressive sp—“ “James,” Eliss said seriously. I hadn’t known before then how serious the sunny, blond boy could get. “Do you trust me?” “Of course,” I replied in a heartbeat. “Do you trust me more than you fear these woods?” “Yes!” “Do you trust me more, than you fear... you par...

0 comments 0

Read story

“20 minutes” by Claudia Capasso

Submitted to Contest #79

The phone rings and vibrates on the table. Amy couldn't take it on the costume she was wearing. The most awful thing about the "clothes" was that they felt like a second skin now. It was something she was so used to now that she had to just ignore the lack of air, the painful touch of the double mask on her nose and cheeks. She had learned to do it. But what she kept forgetting was how lonely the costume was. How the people who saw her on it could barely recognise her. A nurse had written her name on the back, but still, she felt nameless, i...

0 comments 0

Read story

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone who decides it’s time to cut ties with a family member.

Sad – 260 stories

Your main character is approached by their long-estranged parent who wants to reconnect. How do they react?

Dramatic – 193 stories

Write about someone who discovers the only family member they have left has just betrayed them.

Sad – 160 stories

Write about two characters who’ve gone through something so intense they now feel like family.

Adults – 190 stories

Contest #79

Enter our weekly contest!

This week's theme: The Family You Choose

$50

Prize money

905

Contest entries

0

Stories

Ended on 23:59 - Feb 05, 2021 EST

Won by Reha A 🏆

Title: Puzzle Pieces

View details

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

We'll send you 5 prompts each week. Respond with your short story and you could win $250!

Menu

CONNECT

BLOG

APPS

TOOLS

ABOUT

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 100 stories

“Finding A Miracle” by Tiffany Chaplin

“Conchie” by David Harland

“The Irish Twin and The Unlucky One” by Kara Fagan

“Like Father Like Son” by Jo Wightman

“We have been looking everywhere for you” by Serena Green

“Family” by Carol Keefer

“Prayers and Present” by Irene Shi

“A true incident that happened at the hospital” by Rani Kulatunga

“Vines From an Old Friend” by F A

“20 minutes” by Claudia Capasso

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone who decides it’s time to cut ties with a family member.

Your main character is approached by their long-estranged parent who wants to reconnect. How do they react?

Write about someone who discovers the only family member they have left has just betrayed them.

Write about two characters who’ve gone through something so intense they now feel like family.

Contest #79

Enter our weekly contest!

$50

Prize money

905

Contest entries

0

Stories

Win $250 in our short story competition 🏆

Explore more writing prompt ideas: