Light

She stepped deftly across the worn, moss-covered stones. The birds sang happily in the trees. It was good to be home.  She’d truly missed this place so much. She’d stayed away too long.

The quiet clearing opened its ancient, gauzy boughs to her, and she felt the weight of ten years lift from her shoulders.

With her father buried and her mother in mourning, she was surprised at how light she felt. It must be her return to the country.

She settled beside a small brook and leaned against a smooth boulder. She rested her head against the sun-warmed surface and let the memories of the last several days wash over her.

The lightness of coming home buoyed her spirits, but the sadness threatened to creep in. She refused to let it.

Her father was a good man, but he’d left her mother with some financial difficulties as of late. But she knew her mother would sort it all out once the pain of losing her father began to fade.

She couldn’t let these troubles consume her. She was here, after all, to support her mother and heal her own heart.

The light would bring them closer together and bring back some joy neither of them had felt in years.

She stepped deftly across the worn, moss-covered stones. The birds sang happily in the trees. It was good to be home.  She’d truly missed this place so much. She’d stayed away too long.

The quiet clearing opened its ancient, gauzy boughs to her, and she felt the weight of ten years lift from her shoulders.

With her father buried and her mother in mourning, she was surprised at how light she felt. It must be her return to the country.

She settled beside a small brook and leaned against a smooth boulder. She rested her head against the sun-warmed surface and let the memories of the last several days wash over her.

The lightness of coming home buoyed her spirits, but the sadness threatened to creep in. She refused to let it.

Her father was a good man, but he’d left her mother with some financial difficulties as of late. But she knew her mother would sort it all out once the pain of losing her father began to fade.

She couldn’t let these troubles consume her. She was here, after all, to support her mother and heal her own heart.

The light would bring them closer together and bring back some joy neither of them had felt in years.