(Thanks for reading!)
Tennessee bound fetching an ailing great grandmother found this 12 year old scared to enter her home. The wooden porch groaned loudly, threatening to eat my legs. Inside, the place resembled a jr high school History lesson, a wood burning stove, a wash board, stockings hung dry. Packing her things I spied a treasure, opening it I buried my nose in the sweet cedar, more kid friendly than the other smells. The offer of the box came with warning. Her weathered hand tipped my chin and nose to nose she said "take good care, it’s the best thing I got”.
Very entertaining centus. I can imagine people still living like that. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThis one did activate the senses. I could smell the place...and I was glad to have a break with the cedar!
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Awww I can see why. It really is a wreck of a house but, imagine the stories they can tell.
ReplyDeleteLovely use of the centus prompt.
P.S. I wanted to leave it as. Maybe she could renovate and.. so the reader can make up their own mind what she did... and we only had the 100 words :)
ReplyDeleteWhen you mentioned the smell of cedar, it brought me back! Great story!
ReplyDeleteWonderful post! I saw and smelled everything and it brought back so many great memories for me.
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ReplyDeleteoh, the sweet smell of cedar. I loved to open my moms because of the same thing.
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