Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers
Week of 08-23 through 08-29-2016
This week’s photo prompt is provided by Louise with The Storyteller’s Abode. Thank you Louise!
MESSAGE
“Auntie Hanna, dad let me go to the pier with him today and I played near the ship,” Harry said.
“What do you have in your hand, Harry?”
“It’s a pocket watch I found on the rocks.”
“Harry! It looks just like my……
“Like what, Auntie Hanna?”
“Like the one I gave my boyfriend many years ago.”
“But, where is he now?”
“I don’t know. After he went to Viet Nam, he was declared missing in action and I kept writing asking about him, but never got an answer. I moved here and have not been back to America.”
“Oh my!”
“What’s wrong Auntie Hanna?”
“These words inside of the watch are the same ones in his watch.”
“What do they say?”
“My love, if we ever get separated, let us search for each other 10,000 lifetimes until we find each other.”
“Do you think this could be his watch? Harry questioned.
“It could be, Harry. It could be.”
“My search is not over,” Hanna said with a look of hope in her eyes.
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Copyright © 2016 Written by Jessie Cross ~ All rights reserved
Reflections Of Life's Journey 
Sweet inscription in the watch! I hope they are able to find each other! Very sweet story, Jessie!
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Thank you, Joy! I’d like to think that she will find him. Perhaps in another story. 😊
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That’s a great idea! She finds him in another story!!
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Perhaps their love story will indeed span many lifetimes! Good story.
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Thank you, I sure hope so! It won’t be from the lack of trying anyway. 😀
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Wonderful touching story… Hope they find each other inspite of everything😀😀😀
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Thank you! She will try again and perhaps be successful this time. 😊
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There’s always hope! ☺
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There sure is! Thank you. 😀
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Interesting take Jessie. You think perhaps its coincidence Hanna’s nephew found the watch. But maybe, there are bigger things at work and Hanna will reunite with her lost love. A Part 2 would be awesome 🙂
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Thank you, Mandi. I hope she can reunite with her lost love. If she is no longer living in America and the watch was found around the area she now lives….there certainly is room for hope. Perhaps another story will fill in the details.
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So many are lost to war. How difficult it must be for the families and loved ones. I hope the watch allows her some closure across the many miles and years.
Ellespeth
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Thank you! Yes, her hope has been renewed and she may get some answers to the many questions I’m sure she has.
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I hope she manages to find him, if not in this life then the next. Lovely story, Jessie. 🙂
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Thank you! There is always hope!
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Oh Hanna.. I hope she finds him, otherwise I fear she’ll spend the rest of her life looking for him. Letting go is sometimes the right choice.. Anyway. Great story! 🙂
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Thank you! I guess it is hard to stop and go on with your life when you have looked for someone for so long and you get a possible clue. But, the watch could have been handed down to many people if years have passed.
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A new hope! Enjoyed!
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Thanks so much! 🙂
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That’s just sweet. I hope she finds him.
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Thank you! I believe she will keep trying now.
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Hope rekindled.
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Yes, indeed! 🙂
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