It’s a new year and the fun continues. To read the rules and join in, click below:
http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/100-word-challenge-for-grown-ups-week162/
The week’s prompt:… as I put the decorations away I … + 100 words
ANGELS
Smash! “I sorry, Grammie.” Beth’s lip wobbled; solitaire-size tears leaked to her chin.
“Sweetie, it’s okay. Come sit.”
“It was a accident.”
“I know.”
Brushing copper wisps aside, she raised watery eyes. “You mad now?”
“At you? Never. Who wants a hug?”
Beth giggled and climbed upon her lap.
Grammie wiped the little face. “Each year, as I put the decorations away, I remember your mom, no bigger than you. One Christmas I dropped and broke her favorite ornament, a glass angel.”
“Did she cry?”
“No. I did. She said we’d buy another one.”
“Did you?”
“Yes. Two. Mine’s near the top—there.”
“Mine too. My tree”
© 2015 All Right Reserved TAK
How the Cookie Crumbles 
January 6, 2015 at 6:09 pm
A great way to remember Christmas…
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January 6, 2015 at 8:56 pm
Happy New Year, Clanmother. Nice to see you and thank you. ❤
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January 6, 2015 at 6:19 pm
You’re so versatile, Tess. This was a wonderfully sweet story. Your words made me see it in sparkling clarity. Huge hugs. ❤
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January 6, 2015 at 8:59 pm
You’re always so kind. Thank you.
Need to talk with you. Can you send me e-mail from my Contact page I can’t seem to find one for you. Nothing dire. don’t worry.
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January 6, 2015 at 6:30 pm
A tender and gentle story with the slightest twinge of sadness 🙂
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January 6, 2015 at 9:00 pm
Thank you, Joanne. I try to avoid sad, but don’t always.
🐻
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January 6, 2015 at 7:45 pm
Very sweet. 🙂
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January 6, 2015 at 9:01 pm
Thank you, Carrie. ❤ ❤
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January 6, 2015 at 7:52 pm
A sweet moment we would all treasure if it were ours.
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January 6, 2015 at 9:02 pm
Thanks Rebecca. Kids and Christmas go together like Sanda and reindeer. 😀
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January 6, 2015 at 8:17 pm
Wonderful story that makes you feel good. Thank you
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January 6, 2015 at 9:03 pm
Thank YOU, grannyK.
Happy New Year to you.
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January 6, 2015 at 8:40 pm
Very sweet. Happy New Year!
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January 6, 2015 at 9:04 pm
Thanks so much. Happy New Year to you as well. ❤
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January 6, 2015 at 9:21 pm
I’m at the age I don’t care about broken ornaments. There are some precious ones, but not so much so that I’d upset my child. I didn’t used to be that way.
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January 6, 2015 at 9:25 pm
Did I get this wrong?
Wasn’t the angle the daughter’s favorite and the mother was upset at breaking it?
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January 7, 2015 at 10:46 am
Yes–you’re right, but being a writer, I’m allowed to twist it to whatever crazy meaning I get from it. We have creative license. So I got stuck on the broken ornament and the pain it brought.
You, though, wrote it exactly right.
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January 7, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Twist away. I agree reading brings memories and new ideas. {{{ ❤ }}}
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January 6, 2015 at 11:24 pm
This one was sweet, Tess. Are you called Grammie?
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January 6, 2015 at 11:28 pm
No. I have a Polish name: Babcia (Grandma).
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January 7, 2015 at 8:08 pm
I’m just plain old grandma. 😀
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January 7, 2015 at 9:05 pm
What’s wrong with that?
I happen to be Polish. My daughter not so much.
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January 6, 2015 at 11:43 pm
What a gentle and lovely scene you have created Tess. Marvelous.
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January 7, 2015 at 7:31 am
Thank YOU, Sue. Glad you like it. ❤ ❤
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January 7, 2015 at 1:37 am
Solitaire tears and copper wisps, such lovely images Tess!
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January 7, 2015 at 7:33 am
Hi Gilly. Thanks so much. Kids are treasures, aren’t they?
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January 7, 2015 at 2:16 am
Lovely way to remember.
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January 7, 2015 at 7:33 am
Thank you, Rosie, for your kind words. ❤
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January 7, 2015 at 2:17 am
Children make Christmas, a sweet write Tess ☺️
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January 7, 2015 at 7:34 am
Indeed, it’s so true. Children DO make Christmas special.
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January 7, 2015 at 5:32 am
Sounds like Grammie and Beth are good for one another. 🙂
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January 7, 2015 at 7:43 am
I think so. ❤ ❤ Thank you, Colleen.I love little girls.
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January 7, 2015 at 7:39 pm
🙂 They are pretty awesome little beings!!!!
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January 7, 2015 at 9:04 pm
My whole famiiy was populated with females, nothing but girls, girls, girls. You’d think I’d like to change sides by now.
😀 😀 😀
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January 8, 2015 at 8:41 pm
Ha! 🙂 I did finally get a little fella in the descendants! I was very happy! 🙂 But I love them all just the same. ❤
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January 8, 2015 at 8:50 pm
Of course you do. ❤ ❤ ❤
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January 7, 2015 at 7:07 am
Ahh…this is a sweetie,, in every way, and a lovely story to round up Christmas and see us into the New Year ❤ ❤ ❤
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January 7, 2015 at 7:45 am
Glad you like it, Sherri. Thank YOU. 🐻
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January 7, 2015 at 7:52 am
⭐ ❤ 🐻
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January 7, 2015 at 7:30 am
Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
From an accomplished ‘100 word’ challenge participant …..
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January 7, 2015 at 8:27 am
Oh Tess what a sweet story. Unexpected from you these days so I think I like it even more for that reason.
😉
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January 7, 2015 at 4:48 pm
Thank you, Val. Someone else said something similar. I guess I’m surprised, but if I hit the mark, that makes me happy. ❤
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January 7, 2015 at 8:43 am
Tess, so much said in so few words. Funny how the decorations on the tree trigger memories isn’t it? Happy New Year to you.
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January 7, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Thank you on both counts, Susan and Happy New Year to you too. Yes, Christmas, the ornaments and the tree trigger lots of things.
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January 7, 2015 at 8:49 am
I love this, I read it a few times 🙂 Circle of life…circle of love…
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January 7, 2015 at 4:51 pm
Wow. I’m tickled pink you enjoyed this. Thank you for the compliment. I so appreciate it. ❤
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January 7, 2015 at 1:54 pm
🙂
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January 7, 2015 at 2:12 pm
I am so used to reading about murder and mayhem in your 100-word stories that this on threw me for a complete loop. It also made me say “Awww!”
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January 7, 2015 at 5:05 pm
Thank you.<3 I must be getting soft. 😀
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January 7, 2015 at 8:40 pm
Awww…so sweet Tess, brought a smile to my day. Happy New Year too.😁
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January 7, 2015 at 9:07 pm
Happy New Year to YOU too.
I’m so pleased you like it. Thank you. ❤
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January 8, 2015 at 2:59 am
This is so lovely Tess 💖
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January 8, 2015 at 12:56 pm
So lovely – and to say so much in 100 words…very well done.
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January 8, 2015 at 8:41 pm
Thanks so much for your kind words and support. ❤ ❤ ❤
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January 8, 2015 at 2:50 pm
A sweet and touching little story Tess. I love your stuff! ❤
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January 8, 2015 at 8:42 pm
Thanks so much, Debby. How do you find time to pack and sort and live and visit here?
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January 8, 2015 at 9:27 pm
Lol, I do not have an answer, but my weekend post shall explain! Plus, I was having withdrawl symptoms from being away from my blogging friends. xo ❤ Just needed a dose!
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January 9, 2015 at 9:30 am
😀 😀 😀
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January 8, 2015 at 8:20 pm
Nice story. Look forward to more. Happy New year
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January 8, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Happy New Year, John. Thank YOU. ❤
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January 8, 2015 at 9:04 pm
I missed you. 🙂
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January 9, 2015 at 9:29 am
~(~_*)~~ I’m ba-ack. Thanks for making me feel welcomed.
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January 9, 2015 at 3:47 am
Lovely
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January 9, 2015 at 9:36 am
Thank YOU, Olga, for your kind support. You’ve made my day. ❤
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January 10, 2015 at 2:51 am
Such a sweet story, Tess! Wishing you a lovely 2015!
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January 10, 2015 at 8:35 am
Thanks so much, Judee. I’m tickled you like the Angels story. ❤ ❤
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January 10, 2015 at 4:18 am
Tess – There you go – pulling at my heart strings. I love this and it’s so real. Beautiful. A vision in 100 words or less.
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January 10, 2015 at 8:42 am
Sheri, thank you. I don’t know where this came from–I guess I never do. It pleases me you like it. ❤ ❤
How's the work coming? All caught up? 😀
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January 11, 2015 at 1:29 am
We’re just getting started. Yesterday was our first day of work.
I know where your story came from – it’s straight from your heart.
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January 11, 2015 at 11:00 am
Love this new picture and your lovely furry friend. I had to drop everything to give my Lady G. a hug.
The thought of all that work has me aching all over. 😀
Thank you, Sheri. It feels like magic sometimes when stories come like they do. ❤ ❤
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January 10, 2015 at 10:41 am
A nice moment beautifully captured. Is mama still alive? Broken ornaments, broken hearts, broken dreams? And yet no… for their are treasured memories, and a little girl’s feelings spared. Better a broken ornament than a broken spirit. Lovely, Tess.
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January 10, 2015 at 4:54 pm
Thank you, Kate, for getting this, and enjoying the read. I don’t know how this one came about. I meandered for a bit and then, and then, it almost wrote itself. I love when that happens.
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January 10, 2015 at 6:06 pm
Lovely Christmas memory, well done.
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January 10, 2015 at 11:39 pm
Thanks so much. You’ve made my day. ❤
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January 13, 2015 at 4:21 am
Grannies always make everything better.
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January 13, 2015 at 8:39 am
Ha ha ha. I wish I had one when I was growing up. They both lived in Europe and we lived in Canada.
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