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Shared Beauty

June 12, 2022 5 Comments

By Ian R. Villmore

Tori Beth watched as her mother, Laura, set a bouquet of dried flowers on the table next to a stack of recently read library books. Harvesting a handful of petals, Laura placed them on her favorite passages. Recognizing what Laura was doing, her daughter smiled. Tori Beth had helped her mother do this before.

She scampered to her room and returned with her own book. Laura grinned and handed her daughter a faded rose. Tori Beth plucked with gusto, explaining why her selected pages were her favorites. She closed it with a flourish.

Laura hugged her. “Now, let’s go return them.”

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  1. Helen C says

    June 12, 2022 at 7:25 am

    A very beautiful story ??

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    • jim carlson says

      June 24, 2022 at 3:52 pm

      Really, a very nice story. And how about the ending.

      Reply
  2. Meghashri Dalvi says

    June 12, 2022 at 11:48 am

    Beautiful! Loved it!

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  3. Veronique Aglat says

    June 15, 2022 at 7:29 am

    This shared moment of love between a mother and a daughter makes me long for a real relationship with my mother.

    Reply
  4. Andrea Damic says

    June 16, 2022 at 9:37 pm

    Serene

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