Who Knew?
Perhaps I had shown neglect in the past, allowing my time and attention to be taken by other, less important, matters. You didn’t hesitate to take advantage of that, slipping around into other places, other lives. No surprise that I showed no jealousy-- instead I simply left. Parenting was hard. To walk away took no effort at all.
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A novel in brief! Good job!
I like it, but not sure I completely understand. Did the parent or child leave?
Bravo! How many words is this?
tw~thank you!
angel~parent went adios
tg~58 words exactly
i am guilty of oft times displaying the same dissociative behaviors myself... it is something i am really trying to work on,, acknowledging,, if not understanding the grief i may be causing others...
this was very tightly constructed...
Whoa, heavy! Excellent use of a few words!
I'm afraid I would be very challenged to write a post as brief as this one, Quin. Great job!
Oh.
Oh My God.
you write beautifully, really you do. however, when i read things like this all i have are questions. i just keeping thinking about what the situation must be. me thinks it's about a parent leaving a child cause they couldn't hack it anymore?
it's a phrase i used once talking to my daughter... parenting is hard, walking away would be easy. i was a single parent of five, raising four at home.. so, yeah, at times, walking would have been a snap... just for a short break.
thank you for the lovely comments...
Contains so much in so little..
book of myth or reality?
Nice economy of words.
Wow.
. . . and ouch
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