In the ward post-operation, I was still groggy and dozed off.
I awoke to my first family visitors, all concerned, looking woeful. I thanked them and said I was fine, although I probably looked like death itself. Well, that’s how I felt.
When they left I dozed off again, being brought back to life by the surgical team, poking, lifting and looking, the senior honcho explaining to his eager sycophants the this and that.
Then came Edie, my Down Syndrome niece whose beaming sunshine smile said, ‘I love you Nunkie. Please get better soon.’
Guess what? I immediately did.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI love how you describe Edie’s smile, Allan. A beaming sunshine smile describes it perfectly. A happy ending story that goes right to the heart. I can tell how much this one means to you.
Thank you. Linda. Always like to bring a bit of sunshine into these uncertain times.
Such a lovely heartwarming end to your story, Allan, and as Linda says, a perfect description of that smile. Your story made me smile too. I encourage my grandsons to call my son Nunkie James, and he positively hates it. ? So much fun to tease him with it though!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you Carrie. I saw the photo before I thought of the story. My grandchildren call me ‘Pumpy’. I like it cos I/m probably the only one in the world.
? definitely genuine! My dad is Grumpy and mum is Grandie to my grandsons (their great grandparents if that makes sense!). Less of a mouthful than Great Grandad and Great Grandma!
Beautiful description of the healing power of love. Well done, Allan!
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleThank you Preston. Much appreciated.
Such a lovely story, Allan. Well done.
Thank you Thompson.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleSuch a nice story of love being inspired and motivated to move forward. I love Edie’s smile in your description, Allan. How are you now?
Thank you Lotchie. I am fine and have sent you a mail explaining my absence from the scene.
You’re always welcome, Allan. Got it.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleAllan, I love your humorous words “eager sycophants.” So glad that Edie’s “sunshine smile” emitted warmth and healing. You have inspired me to carefully choose a picture than spring board into writing. I always write first then hum and haw over a complimentary image, before realising that the internet picture is too small or has watermarks. So the painful process begins all over again, often ending in a photo taken on my… Read more »
Thank you Margarida. I normally do it your way and spend ages hunting down a relevant image. It was the little model’s marvellous happy smile that inspired the story, which I have expanded into a 350 word tale for my book.