Imagine: Harry stepped forward, then back, to the right and then to the left. He wanted to frame the photo just right. “This is the first day of the rest of your life!” he said to Debbie.
Ann and Harry had been married for almost 2 years when Debbie was born. Harry doted on Debbie. He named her after his mother. Debbie came early and was sickly. Harry took his job as her father, her protector seriously. Ann didn’t know what to do, but she did her best to take care of her.
Imagine: A ninety- three year old man sitting in a wheelchair by the walkway in front of the old folks’ home. He’s nervously rubbing his nubby hand which, due to an accident at the old saw mill, hadn’t had five fingers on it since he was fourteen. His “claw”, he would laugh and pat his soft half two fingers with the left good hand. “WAR wasn’t interested in me on count of not enough shootin’ fingers. Hell don’t bother me none, never really cared for IT neither.” He is waiting for someone but growing impatient as he looks up at the library clock next door. “I don’t know why they put this damn concrete everywhere, nobody uses sidewalks anymore anyway! Everybody drives cars nowadays sept you!” He cried to the young woman running hurriedly towards him. Continue reading The 2011 Imaginary Family Project – Week 42→
#41 of 52 : CLIFFORD, EDDY, and FRANCES (not shown)
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Imagine: The afternoon was so hot and still that the only real signs of life were the locusts humming lazily in the trees around the neighborhood. Clifford, Eddy and their next door neighbor, Frances, were sitting in the shade of Frances’s willow tree, discussing their entertainment options, which were a little lean that day. Continue reading The 2011 Imaginary Family Project – Week 41→
Imagine: I told you, Mother, that project would not work. Anyway, don’t you remember fishing over there in the towels? Remember crappie we caught and how good they tasted?
Whose idea was this to try something new and without asking for our help? Seems to me that this world is going down hill when people think they can try that and get by with it. Then build a monument to show off such a thing.
