Freewrite Challenge

Here is my first 5 minute freewrite. I hope you enjoy!

Splinter

She held up a chubby, pink finger to her mother. Tear paths streaking her little cheeks and dewy tears still nestled in her long full lashes. Her mom picked up a pair of silver tweezers and gently took the little girls hand in hers, hushing her daughter, she studied the swollen finger and it's angry splinter. The little girl had long discarded the scarlet roses she was harvesting to give to her. The splinter was long enough to grasp with tweezers.

Hold on, she said. She grasped the tip of the sharp splinter and quickly pulled it out. Small drops of blood welled to the skin. The mother quickly wiped the blood and set a blue and pink bandaid on the wound.

With a gentle kiss on her forehead, she said, "come on, let's go get the rose."