Friday Fictioneers is hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields who provides us with a photo prompt for the past seven years, which is longer than I’ve been alive by some stretching and breaking of the rules of mathematics. Each week’s challenge is to write a 100-word story inspired by the photo.
PHOTO PROMPT © Jean L. Hays
Mom!
“Mom, the knee on my pants tore when I slid,” said Billy.
“Mom, will you fix my ballet slippers,” asked Jenny.
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“Mom, this button came off my suit. I have to pick up Sae,” said Billy.
“Mom, I tore my gown. Graduation’s in two hours,” said Jenny
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“Mom, Sae wants you to make the dresses for the bridal party,” said Bill.
“Mom, I’m starting my internship on Monday. These slacks are a little too long. Could you…?” asked Jenny.
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“Mom really loved to sew,” said Bill.
“Did she?” asked Jenny. “Or did she just really love us?”
NobbinBlog 
Lovely last line
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Thank you.
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Hopefully both 🙂
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I think that’s probably the case.
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👍🏽
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That was very cool how you took us through the years and then the questions at her end. But they did not have to question her love for them. Excellent!
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It’s obvious how much she loved her children. Thank you.
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Great closing lines! Loved this take on the photo prompt.
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Thank you, Susan.
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Oh, Nobbin, this is just precious! Nuff said.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. Getting you to break from the standard “Dear Nobbin,” to “Oh, Nobbin,” might be the highest compliment one can receive.
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Very insightful.
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Thank you. I think at some point, everyone has taken a parent for granted.
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Sounds like she loved them a little too much. They need to learn to sew buttons and hems themselves. Great story!
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While this us not a true story, I can vouch that not everyone is cut out for that. If you could see one of my home ec projects from junior high…
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I suspect it was a little of each! Doing something she loved for the ones she loved. Simply delightful.
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Beautiful final sentence. I could easily place myself as “Mom” in that little skit.
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Thank you. I’ve cried, “Mom!” for something I’ve needed to be fixed my share times.
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Nicely done, a parent’s life through sewing.
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My mom has a crocheting addiction but was always available to do some needed sewing.
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Maybe she loved both… but it sounds like the love for children where the largest.
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I think she loved both. She was obviously proficient in the art of sewing. The love for her children probably led her to give up on projects she may have wanted to do for herself.
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Awww… That last line says it all! Absolutely lovely.
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Thank you, Dale. That’s why we have a Mother’s Day, right?
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Indeed!
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Eyes growing misty after reading this one.
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There’s no better compliment than to know something we create evokes emotion, is there? Thank you.
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No there isn’t. You are welcome ❤
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Well now there’s the rub, I love the last line, I suspect the latter
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An entire story about a loving mother and the kids who (finally?) appreciated her. The last line summed it up very well.
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I think all kids take their parents for granted. Too often, we don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone. Thank you.
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Such a sweet, cleverly structured tale!
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Thank you.
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It seems moms love for her children made her love sewing or it was vice versa?
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I think they were mutially beneficial for everybody involved.
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