Photo by Sarah Hall
Albert’s Wife
The estate still boasted its artistic iron fence and stone posts, although the grasses were encroaching. Trevor smiled. How the old lady would chastise that gardener.
Feisty, courageous old girl! Living alone in the home Albert had built her. Married here on a Sunday, by Tuesday, she’d kissed her soldier husband goodbye.
Next year, a scruffy teen hired to paint the fence, Trevor had won her heart – and she’d won his. He’d been there (the son she’d never have) to hold her hand as she’d read the black-edged telegram and cried. She’d refused to live in mourning, but seventy years she never loved but one man.
Today, at last, she was with Albert.
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The Happy Wordcrafter 
Lovely piece. Some details are similar to my story.
Nicely done.
Cheers!
Thank you. I’ll get over to your site this weekend and read the “similar details.”
Awwww…..this was so beautiful. Thank you Sandra.
Thanks for those very kind words. I felt this story powerfully almost from the beginning, but I really worked up a sweat trying to get it short enough.
It does stretch your muscles sometimes; that 100 word requirement.
Ah, what a romantic tale, Sandra. Beautiful!
Thank you so much.
Nice piece Sandra.. snippets of bigger things.. 😉
Thanks, Gerry. This one was particularly hard to get into super short format. I sweated for it.
Seventy years since the Dam Busters, very timely.
Wow, I had no idea! That’s really interesting.
Dear Sandra,
Wonderfully crafted, beautifully told. Any more comment is window dressing.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Bless you, Miss Rochelle!
All your sweat was worth the beautifully rendered end result!
janet
Thanks a lot, Janet.
Beautiful
Thank you!
Excellent!
Thank you very much.
Very touching.