Tag: dying

  • Stranger in a Strange Town

    PHOTO PROMPT © Lori Wilson  As I trudged up the short flight of stairs, I wondered if this was how my life was going to end.  Looking through the wide-open windows of a stranger.  In a strange town.  I had always wondered why people didn’t put curtains over their windows.  They were always too trusting.  Too kind.  I counted there being at…

  • Shining

    PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook  The bright sun told me he was there.  That he was watching.  A promise kept, but more often than not, it was a promise broken.  My uncle said he would always be here for me.  Would always have my back.  But now, I only felt his presence when the sun…

  • Aging

    “A tip on aging…  do it in style…” I knew I would always remember the last thing my grandfather said.  As well as the fact that I didn’t know if I was going to laugh or cry.  He was the consummate joker and of course he would go out in style.  But as my grief…