Hello Freewriters!
Today I need to clear out some feelings I have about Mother's Day that is approaching. I need to get it out, and this seems like a fitting prompt, important. Yes, we are back to my sad, sad stories, although I am not sure how this one will end up by the end of five minutes.
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They give a prompt, and you have 5 minutes to write! All of my writings are considered Autobiographical Fiction. They are not necessarily real. You never have to feel sorry for me, this is the way I create.
FAIR WARNING: Most of my stories are sad in some way. Be prepared to have the feels!
Now, onto the writing!
An Important Holiday
I stood in the card aisle of the bright and bustling store, looking over the Mother's Day cards, without even actually focusing on them. One with a cat. One with a bouquet of roses. One that sings and play music. Which card would she like? What would I send with the card? I continue to look over the cards again and again, but none of them seem right. Not on this Mother's Day. This is important though, I have to pick one.
I had been conditioned by that woman to feel the need to impress her. Pushing myself and growing up too fast so she could see that I was not just a kid. I was a little adult that could take on the world. I tried and tried, but she still doesn't seem impressed. She doesn't even seem to think of me at all. I lack a sense of being important to her.
Looking over the pink and purple cards, I wondered when was the last time that woman called my mother had even thought of me? I bet I had not even crossed her mind in the past two weeks, the last time I talked to her. She sent me a text message, and that was totally out of the norm of our relationship, I always had to start the conversations. Oh, her text message was to tell me she was at my cousin's wedding, an important occasion. That I didn't even know about. That I wasn't even invited to. That's a sick feeling. The whole family at a wedding, no one even asking why I am not there, not even crossing one mind.
So I still stand here in the card aisle. Which one should my mom get this year? Should she even get one at all? Is this really what is important?
Whew, that five minutes flew by, but boy did I need that! Everyone enjoy your holiday coming up, and always appreciate the relationships you do have. Some out there get none.
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The perpetual complications of the mother-daughter relationship
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Happy mothers day in advance. interesting story hope she gets something for her mum
hope she gets something for her mum
I am interested in knowing why the person in the story should get something for her mother? What did you take away from this writing about their relationship?