“But, I wanna go out and play,” Shane wined. He drug a plaid sleeve across his runny nose, looking up hopefully.
Sheyla looked down on her little brother with pity in her eyes. “Not gonna happen little bro. Mom would kill me if I let you go out there in the freezing.”
“Mom’s not here though. She left.”
Sheyla often forgot, even here in the shelter, that they had been abandoned. She wanted to forget. The pain receded when she forgot.
It always came back.
“Still, let’s stay in until you feel better.”
She pulled him close, and tried to forget.
WC: 100
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Awwwe. But at least they’re there for each other. I’m sure they’ll face life head-on as long as they have each other for support.
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I for one, hope that they do.
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Sad story – and a sign of the times. I hope this brother and sister survive and slowly manage to forget.
Susan A Eames at
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As do I. Thanks for stopping by Susan.
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Dear Curt
Sad story…much in few words. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle!
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That was sad but lovely – brother and sister sticking together.
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Sad tale, but I saw hope in their sibling bond.
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Kids can be so torn! They try to forget the abandonment, at the same time remember all the good things they can about the parent and convince themselves Mom’s going to show up soon.
When you say “here in the shelter” I gather they’re headed for a foster home— a very scary prospect.
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That is a scary prospect!
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I want to know a lot more about that shelter. If it’s just a shed, and this is the apocalypse that’s one thing. If it’s the orphanage style homeless shelter, that’s another.
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I was going with orphanage style homeless shelter, but the story would be, somehow, brighter if it were the apocalypse, I think.
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As long as they have each other, they stand a chance. Sad reality for too many…
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Too true Dale.
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