Category: advent stories ’22
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#6. A Gentleness
‘Hello. Hello.’ Fen chirps on the other end of the line, happy to hear her sister’s voice. ‘I quit my job and took on a role as a florist apprentice with a local flower bodega owner and I’m not going back so don’t talk me out of it.’ Fen can hear her sister’s shaky breath,…
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#5 Mother Dearest
‘Have you spoken to your sister?’ Gyll asks Fen her oldest and least obstinate daughter; they are at Sotheby’s to pick up the art work she bought at auction. ‘Yes mother, I have and she is doing well and looking forward to Christmas.’ ‘She’s not taking any of my calls.’ ‘That’s nothing new.’ Fen shrugs.…
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#4- Mother. Father. Daughter.
‘Careful. Please be gentle.’ JJ watches her trusted workmen delicately carry the flower wall out of the studio to be delivered to their final destination, a blushing bride in Maine. Downstairs the store is a hive of activity for the holidays, last minute orders in person since they closed the online order portal a week…
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#3 – ANGELS
‘Whose turn is it for the angel this year?’ Rocco asks both girls. They have just finished putting up the last of the Christmas trees and as usual he’d gone overboard, all three trees stand at 10 feet one feet up from last year. One in the foyer, one in the living room, and the…
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#2- 10 minutes, 10,000 miles
“Who’s that chick?” Rocco asked Ralph. They are surrounded by balloons, laughter and cake in London. He flew down for his friend’s baby shower. Ralph and Rocco have been friends since the academy, Ralph was only there on a summer training he was going to go back to England to inherit his family’s multibillion pound…
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#1- Flower Girl
‘Okay my dears, now put a little bow on the string of your bouquets, if you need help with the bows raise your hand and I will come show you how to do the bunny ears but remember it does not have to be perfect okay.’ ‘Yes Miss JJ.’ Twenty-five little voices say in unison.…