This is a beautiful piece of writing, @samsmith1971. Thank you for joining us in The Ink Well! I am really looking forward to reading more of your work.
And congratulations! This story is one of our highlights of the week! https://peakd.com/hive-170798/@theinkwell/the-ink-well-highlights-magazine-36
Thank you @jayna that is very kind of you to say. This piece was inspired by a combination of the prompt, ironically NOT knowing what to write about initially, and then revisiting a moment in time when my creative spark was relit inside ;-) I very much look forward to continuing to write in the Inkwell more regularly going forward. It's a catharsis for the soul.