Six Sentence Stories – Aged

November 26, 2015 Off By Lisa

It was never supposed to be permanent; the separation loomed large but would only be temporary.

“I’ll be back,” he assured her, the tears welling in his eyes threatening to mirror the flow of the ones already streaming down her own face. “The waiting might feel forever, but we’ll be together again and then it will be forever.”

She wanted to believe him – she did believe him – yet somehow, when he slung his duffel over his shoulder and walked down the porch stairs, she knew…

Now, so many years later, she sat in her rocking chair on that same porch, hands shriveled like drying grapes, but with a heart still as rich and full as a well-aged wine, waiting for him to come up those same stairs. “Yes,” she whispered to the air, “we will be together again very soon and then it will be forever…”

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This has been a Six Sentence Story.

Each week, the lovely Ivy Walker hosts a link-up challenging writers to spin a tale in six sentences – no more, no less. Click on the link right here to find out more and link your own post. While you’re there, click on the blue frog button to visit the link-up where you will find great stories from some wonderful storytellers.

This week’s prompt was AGED.

Six Sentence

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About The Author

Lisa A. Listwa is a self-employed writer with experience in education, publishing, and the martial arts. Believing there was more to life than punching someone else’s time clock and inspired by the words of Henry David Thoreau, she traded her life as a high school educator for a life as a writer and hasn’t looked back. She is mother to one glorious handful of a daughter, wife to the nicest guy on the planet, and reluctant but devoted owner of three Rotten Cats. You can find her adventures and thoughts on living life deliberately here on the blog.

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