• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

101 Words

101 Word Short Stories

  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Submissions
  • Volunteer

Googly Eyes

January 8, 2022 6 Comments

Share5
Tweet
Email
More
5 Shares

My seven-year-old sits up in his hospital bed. He raises his hand out of habit from school, nearly knocking the baseball cap from his bald head.

“Dad, when I’m a boyfriend, I’m gonna give my girlfriend lots of googly eyes.” He looks at me expectantly. The earnest discussion I’ve rehearsed can wait. Heartsick, I force a smile.

“Great plan. Girls love googly eyes.”

“Yeah, I thought they did.”

“You’ll need a truck to deliver them, though.”

“Beep, beep, beep,” he says, grinning.

“What’s that?”

“A dump truck dumping twenty million googly eyes on my girlfriend’s driveway.”

We laugh until we’re crying.

By Patrick D. Lee

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. ro lamb says

    January 8, 2022 at 7:19 am

    Loved this! This one has a lot of heart! Great job!

    Reply
  2. Peggy Gerber says

    January 8, 2022 at 10:08 am

    Very emotional. Excellent.

    Reply
  3. M says

    January 8, 2022 at 6:11 pm

    A sweet story. Lovely.

    Reply
  4. Nina says

    January 8, 2022 at 6:18 pm

    I love the sweetness of this piece. Entirely heartwarming.

    Reply
  5. Ekta Garg says

    January 12, 2022 at 12:23 pm

    Absolutely lovely! It’s a very touching piece.

    Reply
  6. Paul says

    January 12, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    Great story. Could feel the bond between father and son at a critical time. Well done.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Search Stories

The end.