PHOTO PROMPT © Jean L. Hays
Today is the final chapter of a 3-part story. You can find the other chapters — last week’s FF and the week before’s — after this chapter. Hopefully this answers the questions of enquiring minds.
Dinner was uneventful. They headed back to ACU* and were greeted there by a lady sitting on a bench with her Shih Tzu. Mrs. Jones’ Shih Tzu had passed a few years back.
“Gidget! There you are!,” and leaned down to ruffle her ears.
June and Sue got Mrs. Jones settled in and left.
At the car, Sue said, “I have something for you.”
She handed June a large envelope. “Your photos. Auntie gave them to my mom just after she was diagnosed with dementia. She wanted you to have them but knew her stitching was coming apart.”
The End.
[99 words]
*ACU is assisted care unit
Part 1 of the story is here.
Part 2 of the story is here.
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is gracious host of Friday Fictioneers.
Tao Talk 
Nice use of the prompt photo for analogy! :)
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Thanks Na’ama :)
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:)
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Clever, that last line, in irs connection to the prompt
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Thank you, Neil :)
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OK, I missed the first one two weeks ago, but now I went through all of them and got it. Yeah, poor mom, at least she had the foresight to plan for that.
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Thanks for reading and commenting, Trent.
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I wonder how much we know? My aunt definitely had an idea what was going on, but I never saw it with my mother. (K)
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Ok…good planning. Finally sweet resolution!
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Are you happy now? ;)
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Why yes…Yes I am!
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A touching story, that Auntie was thinking of her nieces as she slipped into the greyness of dementia.
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Thank you much for reading and your comment, Penny.
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The photos at last, I’m glad she thought of them at the end.
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Thank you, Ali. Glad you enjoyed the story.
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Dear Lisa,
Nice use of the prompt. A good little series. Thank you for resolving the mystery.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thank you, and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Shalom,
Lisa
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So, to refresh my sometimes inaccurate memory, I went back and read #1 and #2 before reading #3. You did a great job of tying it all together. I hope, before my brain goes to La La Land permanently, that I have the sense to save my daughter and daughters-in-law some trouble ahead of time!
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<3 Thank you so much for your comment, Linda. Glad you enjoyed the story.
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It sounds like there is a proper resolution… how great foresight to have it planned like that.
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Bjorn, I’d like to say it was planned. Glad you enjoyed the proper resolution :)
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Perfect ending and that last line stitches it all together.
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:) thank you, Dale!
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Such a sad and fitting way to put it – her stitching coming apart. Very well done
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Thank you very much, Lynn.
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My pleasure
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You are clever! Well done for toeing it all up in the third tale, very smart. Good stuff
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Thanks Shrawl!
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No worries credit where credits due. To write a 3 parter is possible but to tie in with the photos require lateral thinking
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:) Thank you again, I appreciate it.
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Mrs Jones mixing up the other lady’s Shih Tzu with her own is so bittersweet. Clever foreshadowing of the ending. Nice series!
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Thank you, Magarisa :)
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You’re welcome, Li. :-)
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Oh that’s sad. A lovely use of the image and a great wrap up to the 3 part story. My mum’s mum has dementia. Unraveling is a good way to put it.
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Thank you very much, Laurie and glad you connected with the story.
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That’s a bittersweet ending. Nice use of the prompts to “thread” together your story. Well played.
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Thanks Nobbin.
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I never read the others (sorry), but I wouldn’t have remembered anyway so…lol
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The other links are at the bottom of the 3rd one if you wanted the back story ;) Thank you for your comment.
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