“Dear Abbie, I’m writing to ask for your hand in marriage. For two years, with me in Fowler, Colorado, and you, 500 miles away, in Sheridan, Wyoming, we’ve been emailing each other daily and calling each other once in a while. Twice, you and your dad stopped by to see me while on your way to New Mexico to visit your brother and his family.
Six months ago, I realized I love you, but since I’ve loved and been rejected, I’m just now working up the courage to tell you. I hope to receive your answer soon.”
Before Bill could change his mind, he placed the letter in the envelope, sealed it, and took it out to the mailbox.
Note: The above is based on a true story. When my late husband Bill and I met in 2003 through Newsreel, an audio magazine where blind and visually impaired adults exchange ideas, he was living in Fowler, Colorado, and I here in Sheridan, Wyoming. In January of 2005, after we’d been corresponding for two years via email and phone, he sent me a letter, asking me to marry him. In shock, I discarded it. The above is only a reflection of what he was no doubt thinking at the time.
Thanks to GirlieOnTheEdge for inspiring the above with her six-sentence prompt, in which the given word is “seal.” You can click here to participate and read other six-sentence creations.
Photo Courtesy of Tess Anderson Photography
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New! Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me
Copyright 2021 by Abbie Johnson Taylor.
Independently published with the help of DLD Books.
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Sixteen-year-old Natalie’s grandmother, suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, lives in a nursing home and rarely recognizes Natalie. But one Halloween night, she tells her a shocking secret that only she and Natalie’s mother know. Natalie is the product of a one-night stand between her mother, who is a college English teacher, and another professor.
After some research, Natalie learns that people with dementia often have vivid memories of past events. Still not wanting to believe what her grandmother has told her, she finds her biological father online. The resemblance between them is undeniable. Not knowing what else to do, she shows his photo and website to her parents.
Natalie realizes she has some growing up to do. Scared and confused, she reaches out to her biological father, and they start corresponding.
Her younger sister, Sarah, senses their parents’ marital difficulties. At Thanksgiving, when she has an opportunity to see Santa Claus, she asks him to bring them together again. Can the jolly old elf grant her request?
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