This week prompt for @jayna's 50-word challenge is goodbye.
My contribution to this lovely challenge is about a girl who is leaving home. Her departure makes mom sad as she already lost her husband (he left but never returned).
Leaving home is always hard, for both parties (parents and children) even though this is part of life. Parents would like to have the children close to them while the young ones are torn between the wish to taste "freedom" and feel protected.
These are the feelings I tried to capture in the below story. I hope I succeeded.
As always, the photo I used is one of my own, digitally enhanced.
While packing, Elayna looked at her mother. Tears were flowing from mom's tired eyes. She always hated to see her mother crying.
"Why goodbyes are so damn hard?" Elayna thought.
"Mom, I will return. Nothing can keep me away from you."
"I know, sweetie. You will come back, unlike daddy."
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