Monday 11 May 2015

THE BEACH








Mondays Finish the Story 
May 11th – 17th, 2015

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This is a unique flash fiction challenge where we provide you with a new photo each week, and the first sentence of a story. Your challenge is to finish the story using 100-150 words, not including the sentence provided. Don’t forget to use the opening sentence…  

This challenge runs from Monday to Sunday! 

Get creative and have fun finishing the story!

Please include the photo with your bit of flash and a link back to this post. Do not forget to click on the blue guy and add your link so that others can enjoy your story too! Now let’s have some fun!

Photo credit: Barbara W. Beacham
 

Finish the story begins with:  “Arriving at the beach, she reflected on her life.”

THE BEACH

Arriving at the beach she reflected on her life as it was now, trying to put the past back where it belonged, in the past.  It had been a year and a half for her to get to this stage, hard work, tough decisions and no going back once those decisions had been made.  Her family didn't understand.  Her friends didn’t understand.  Her husband certainly hadn't understood that he was the main problem.  He didn't see why his actions affected their relationship.  He didn't see why she would not take second place. He would not accept responsibility for the breakdown of their relationship. 

She listened to the rhythmic sound of the waves gently breaking against the rocks, lulling her senses in to a relaxed frame of mind.  Two weeks of bliss. Two weeks she had promised herself to recharge her batteries before the onslaught of the modern world caught up with her again. 

Word count: 144



12 comments:

  1. Very intriguing. I wonder what her husband did... Nicely done!

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  2. Nicely done! A vacation away from the cares of the world. How many of us need that? I know that I do! Thanks Sally for writing again for the Mondays Finish the Story challenge! See you next week? Be well... ^..^

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  3. Well written :) I felt like I was right there with her letting go of all tension and releasing the past to rewrite her present.

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  4. I can identify with your character! I need those two weeks right now!!!! It's always the husband...

    Well done!

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  5. Nice story, Sally :-) Very nicely written. I hope she finds herself sufficiently recharged and ready for what life throws at her next.

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  6. Intense. I hope she finds what she is looking for! Well done!

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  7. It sounds like she deserves a break, ready to meet life's challenges when she returns.

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  8. I love the relaxing feel of your wonderful descriptive writing ~ She will survive refreshed ~Nice work Sally.

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  9. Excellent story-depicting the life stresses we experience while aching to have someone understand.

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  10. No one wants to take the second place in the relationship. Nicely done reflection.

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  11. She's a strong woman. I'm glad she made it through her problems. Well done, Sally. :) --- Suzanne

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