Welcome to Week 56 of Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Saturday Centus, a writing theme where participants are to write a fictional or non-fictional story or poem using only 100 or less words plus a given prompt. Since it is Memorial Day in the United States, the prompt for this week is "The legacy of heroes..."
Here is my text:
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Sanna visited her cousin and put flowers on her uncle's grave. Her cousin explained, "It was my brother who helped Daddy decide. There are only veterans here."
"The legacy of heroes..."
"Well, actually, I don't think Daddy would have called himself a hero. It wasn't what he had planned. He wanted to get a PHD. But he was drafted. He could have gotten out of it, having a college degree. But everyone of his generation felt obligated to do something."
Sanna looked at the dates, "He survived the war and lived eighty-eight years."
"Yes. And he was happy to come home. Not everyone did."
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Wordcount according to WordCalc: 100
Best wishes,
Anna
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15 Comments:
Great stuff and very realistic.
Good post Amanda! Not many veterans live that long!
Thanks for the kind words, Amanda and Judie!
Just for the record, it is Anna who is writing this centus-text. I know that there are a lot of names floating around here. I gave Amanda and extra link and her picture because she was first to leave a comment.
Best wishes & hugs,
Anna
Very true Christina. Great post!~Ames
So glad he was able to enjoy coming back. Not all do sadly
This is the perfect post for today as we are celebrating Memorial day this weekend here in the U.S. to remember all the heroes who served
Very nice and mixed with all sorts of human feelings. I like the music too. Good choice.
Be well.
xoRobyn
Good job, Anna.
Thanks.
=)
A happy ending:@)
realistic, uplifting, concise. Great work.
Uplifting...
jingling chains
Excellent Anna ! We are losing our WWII heroes at the rate of 1,000 per day...those who came home built and preserved our freedoms over time, those who didn't return gave all...a priceless legacy from both !
very realistic and very well written
Great post, Anna. It touched my heart and served as a great reminder that all the heroes of war did not die on the battlefield. We have a wonderful, if shrinking, population of veterans from WW2. There is a project in the works that includes individual stories of veterans. I read about it on the CNN web site this morning. You might want to check it out.
Namaste..........cj
Anna, this felt so realistic to me. I like the way you craft your stories. I can always feel them right in my emotions.
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