A letter on time capsule

Submitted into Contest #62 in response to: Write about a character putting something into a time capsule.... view prompt

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Busy take caring of her child and home as a house wife Sharon is now 38 years old. Looking her now and before its really different never knew the Sharon at 28 years old and the Sharon now at 38 years old looks a vast difference ever since her best friend Nina died due to cancer. Ever since her best friend died from cancer she hated her and tried to get rid of all her memories. She left her hometown and she is all alone in this town where no one is her friend. Now she only live for her family.

Her life was as usual taking caring of her child Norm and her husband Henry but one day, Norm started to mess his room and started to search his old toys. Sharon asked him about the mess in his room. Norm replied saying ,"Needed my toys for time capsule project". Hearing the word "time capsule" she freeze and remember her friend Nina saying how they will opened their time capsule after 10 years.

That night she was unable to sleep, she who detest her best friend who kept secret about her disease after so many years She remembered her. She used to keep busy herself taking care of her child and house so that Nina's memory will fade but after approximately 10 years the same year where they promised each other to come at their hometown's forest to see their buried their time capsule. She was fighting inside to go or not. But finally decided to leave home and to see the time capsule. She left the home writing a note saying she will be away for 2 days going to hometown.

She reached the hometown. Seeing the same as it was before she felt emotional and she remember Nina in every corner of neighborhood. How they would spend time playing with mud, getting scold by parents and even talking about their boyfriends. She cried alone there thinking about how she detest her for a life time.

Back in the memory in 10 years ago when she was first diagonalized by cancer, Nina proposed Sharon to keep time capsule. Sharon think it was a silly idea but now thinking Nina wants to kept her memories on the time capsule. She then run towards the woods and finally visited the place where they kept their time capsule.

Thinking about the time capsule they kept deep down. So, it took her a longer time to take out time capsule. She then finally saw the time capsule.

The time capsule was as it was before. She felt Nina's presence as she touched the time capsule. She realized that she did mistake forgetting her. When she opened the time capsule she saw Nina's favorite hairband, her favorite pen and everything she kept was her favorite.

When she started to dig the time capsule she saw a letter. She didn't remember keeping the letter even Nina didn't keep it. She looked around the letter and she blow out the dust and saw

TO: Sharon

FROM: Her best friend Nina

Seeing her name she hurriedly opened the letter, seeing her writing Sharon drop down her tears. She the further read the letter. In the letter it was wrote:

Dear my best friend Sharon,

I know when you opened this letter I will be gone forever. See it has been almost 10 years that I have gone and I know you didn't miss me. I know your personality pretty well Sharon you will try to forget me but somehow you are reading this letter then I am thankful to you that you came and opened this time capsule. You are the main reason that I don't want to tell you about my disease. I don't what to make you sad even I broke your heart. So, I left you alone here and move to America. I understand that being my best friend it was my duty to tell you somehow deep down want to tell you that, "Sharon, I'm gonna die and I don't wanna die." Hope that I will be alive after treatment but don't know inside me I feel my destination ended here. I hope you lived your life fully, I wish I could see you after 10 years how you got aged, how you are living your life and all. You are crying look yourself see the diamond are falling from your eyes. The diamond are precious so never ever cry my friend Sharon. In this time capsule I have given you all my favorite things and hope that you will well preserved it and look corner of the time capsule there is a photo of us. See how we are looking happy in this photo. I hope you never cry my bestie and hey live your life fully here in earth and live my life too. Hope that I will be healthy in next life so that I can met you.

In the end I just wanna say you I'm sorry and forgive me and I want you to be happy forever.

After reading the letter she wipe down her tears and she realized the importance of time capsule who she thought of silliness back then. She never realized the beauty of time capsule. She now thanked Nina for this beautiful memory and she promised to leave her life fully.

She left her hometown bringing all the memories back. She named Nina as an angel who came to her childhood who left all the good memories and leaved her away. She was grateful to her how she was there in her childhood. She came back to her house but now her usual life was changed a little bit. She now lives happily and main thing is that she want to live for herself and aside that she kept Nina's photo always on her side. She wants Nina to be her side by side so she returned to her hometown with her husband and son Norm. She is now much happier.

October 04, 2020 11:44

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