Wednesday, Best Knee Forward
She stared at the entrance from the bottom of the steps, thinking about her knees. Every Wednesday for three years she had knelt at his grave, weeding, clipping, polishing the granite stone and now her knees were done for. She carried her guilt in her knees and they wouldn’t let her move on.
One Wednesday, just one, she left him to join the Bridge Club and that was the day his heart gave out. If she had been there . . .
She sat on the bottom step massaging her joints, ‘Hello, Sandra isn’t it?’, he offered his arm. She let go, of a sigh. Onwards.
http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week-29/
Lucid Gypsy 
I love this! I wish I could get so much story into so few words. I have to ramble away for pages.
and i wish I could ramble a bit more! thanks for visting me Reb and good luck with your short listings!
Lovely GIlly. Margie
Margie you’re an angel thanks for saying such nice things 🙂
Absolutely lovely. Sad and full of heartache, but promise, too. You are amazing, Gilly.
As are you dear Judith!
Nice!
Your character is fighting a battle with regret. Hopefully the owner of the helping arm will help her with that battle too. Nicely written.
Some hope remains I feel. Nicely done.
I hope sjhe manages to let go of the guilt. It sounds as if there’s a promising future waiting for her when she does.
Poignant.
Thanks all for your lovely comments and for coming to visit me! You make my day 🙂
Ah Gilly, this was so tangible. You packed so much so artfully in those 100 words I feel I’ve consumed much more story than just those few words. Wonderful.
Thanks so much you are so kind!
Very nice piece of flash fiction. So many experience that kind of guilt if they weren’t there when their spouse died. I went through that with my mom. You write well.
Thank you Victoria, I’m flattered that you should comment on my humble offerings 🙂
Well done – I like the phrase, “she carried her guilt in her knees”, and what a nice optimistic ending. Onwards, yes!
An unhappy “Flash Fiction” of the forlorness of love …
well done, Gilly.
I liked it very much.
Isadora
A great story.
So much in so few words.
I loved the line, “She carried her guilt in her knees …”
Wow – well done. So sad!
I love ‘she carried her guilt in her knees’ – that says it all. We all carry some, somewhere! This is very nicely written, well done!
Touching, lovely, and you put stars in my eyes with the hope for the future.
Beautiful post. A touching one.
I passed on the Kreativ blogger award to your blog, You are really doing a great work with your blog.
Wow Arindam thank you so much for the award! And I think your work is excellent also, keep it up!
Hello.
I’m always amazed at the creativity of writers who can tell a whole story in so few words.
Lovely sentiments & imagery.
Well done!
Thanks for sharing & visiting. Hope you will stop by again sometime!
Thoughts Of Beauty In The Stillness Of Dawn
You rose to the challenge admirably, Gilly
So sad, yet hope emerging?
Yes there’s always hope for a brighter future!
Reminds me of my knee. 😉
Oh no! I hope you’re not letting something hold you back 🙂
Oh I love the ‘possibly a happy ending’ here Gilly!