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Topic: The Move
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pippastrelle Knowflake Posts: 183 From: Registered: Nov 2012
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posted March 19, 2013 07:59 AM
This is the remembrances of a child moving home. As a child i was blissfully unaware about the hardships of life, as children usually are; cocooned in their childhood innocence and carefree abandon. Conversely other family members took the move very badly and it was a gut wrenching experience for them, sad and quite traumatic. But the new abode proved to be a happy home, so everything worked out for the best.The Move Biting, squalid, pitch hued November morn, concrete pavement, hopscotch feet dancing merrily o'er white chalked squares not a care but for the moment, haven of innocence and juvenile dares. A wearisome mother in step with petulant brother toting boxes and cases o'er sleet battered cobbles clutching fiercely paltry worldly treasures expressionless faces, resigned, automatons, far cry from habitual good natured squabbles. Jess, the old mutt, still chained to the fence a token last protest from a canine suffragette, liberated, now bouncing into the rear of the van stacked high with all manner of household contraption on threadbare old blankets his caninity takes rest. Three pairs of eyes peer fixedly through the windows as the van moves cantankerously along the well worn road old house standing stoically amongst its companion stragglers like sporadic teeth in a gaping decayed mouth mother sheds a tear and brother blasts the radio to lighten the load. by Barb
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Faith Knowflake Posts: 4228 From: Registered: Jul 2011
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posted March 19, 2013 10:51 PM
I love how you are so in touch with all the vivid details, reviving your memories and breathing new life into them. Inspiring! IP: Logged |
pippastrelle Knowflake Posts: 183 From: Registered: Nov 2012
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posted March 20, 2013 09:06 AM
Thanks, faith, it's strange ,I agree, how I can remember past events in detail. It's probably because it was a significant event in my childhood, one of many. So glad you enjoyed it ! IP: Logged |
mirage29 Knowflake Posts: 736 From: us Registered: May 2012
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posted March 26, 2013 12:46 AM
pippastrelle, Again, your descriptions take me there! .... craftsmanship! texture! color! so real ... IP: Logged | |