Carried
She always felt like the one who needed to be carried. He was the calm to her bluster, the reason to her emotion. When she fretted and worried, he said, “just keep going” and “I believe.”
She found his lack of excitability infuriating.
Through all the changes, the struggles, the fears, he worked and simply kept on. He said he felt stronger with her by his side, better able to do it all because they did it together.
It was in one of those rare moments of expression she realized that in the everyday moments, she also carried him.
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Written in response to January 9, 2019, flash fiction challenge at Carrot Ranch Communications.
In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a carried wife.
Why is she being carried? Who is carrying? Pick a genre if you’d like and craft a memorable character. Go where the prompt leads!
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Ha! Those calm ones can be infuriating, and how astute to see that those calm strong ones too are getting carried.
We carry – and are carried – in so many ways, D.
Love how you sought both angles in the carrying and offered contrast between the couple in their personalities too. You’ve got complexity going on in 99 words. Good job!
There are always contrasting angles in life, aren’t there, Charli?
I think I like having complexity at work. LOL So good to be back at this!
It’s all a matter of perspective, and in 99 words, you presented both. Well done. ~nan
Ah, yes, perspective is everything. Thank you!
Lisa, this was exquisite. Seriously. I mean who can pull off such a complicated and insightful story line with a deep and meaningful message in EXACTLY 99 words? YOU CAN, THAT’S WHO.
Oh, Chris. First, YAY so happy you popped over. And two? You just made my day, girl! Thanks so much! xoxo
They have opposite personalities, but It is nice how they complement each other. This is so well-written in 99 words
Thank you! Life is so often about balance. Relationships, too!
That sounds like the best situation – each in need of the other.
A very good arrangement!
That’s what marriage (or relationships) is all about, isn’t it?
True story.