FFfAW: Burden | Dollops of Heedful Ramblings Dollops of Heedful Ramblings When words have meaning you want to share Skip to content Home About Categories Flash Fiction Challenges Six Sentence Stories 3 Line Tales Ramblings Haiku Poetry Writing 101 Entertainment Music From My Country Inspiration Art & Culture Weekly Photo Challenges Daily Prompt NaBloPoMo/NanoPoblano & YeahNoMo Six Word Story Blogging 201 Books ebook Health Uncategorized Contact Form Acknowledgements ← My Thinking Corner: Patience Six Sentence Story: Humanity → FFfAW: Burden Posted on May 3, 2016 by swritings Credit: momtheobscure This had been her fifth rejection letter. Samantha sighed and felt herself reflexively tearing up and as quickly tried to brush the teardrops away. She prided herself as someone emotionally strong and didn’t want Jerry seeing her at her weakest. When he entered the room Samantha was her usual cheery self but after seven years of marriage, Jerry could always tell. He knew when to give her space and now was not that time. “You don’t need to cry alone honey,” he said softly, putting his arms around her. Her instinct was to bury her face in his shoulders but she feigned an angry glare to control herself breaking down. “So you’re fine with me crying?!” she snapped. Jerry smiled and kissed her on the forehead. “Only when you really feel like, but always with me to help carry the weight of your emotions.” Gratefully melting into his warm embrace, Samantha gladly pushed her ego aside and let the man she had rightly chosen to spend the rest of her life with, alleviate her sorrow. For Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Like this: Like Loading... Related About swritings Author: Ugly Aphrodite (Available on Amazon Kindle) Ah, the need to get your thoughts out there! Happy reading folks! View all posts by swritings → This entry was posted in Flash Fiction Challenge and tagged #blogger, #burdens, #creative writing, #fiction, #flash fiction, #flash fiction challenge, #Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, #flashfiction, #micro fiction, #rejection, #shortstory. Bookmark the permalink. ← My Thinking Corner: Patience Six Sentence Story: Humanity → 32 Responses to FFfAW: Burden Priceless Joy says: May 3, 2016 at 11:39 pm Awww, this is so sweet! I love it! Great story! Reply swritings says: May 3, 2016 at 11:40 pm 🙂 Thank you so much! Reply Jenn says: May 3, 2016 at 11:43 pm Awww, I’ve been there. As a writer, you learn to get used to rejection, but every once and a while it breaks you. So important to have a good support system. Reply swritings says: May 3, 2016 at 11:47 pm Very true! No matter the situation, a strong support system will make a world of a difference! 🙂 Reply creatingahome says: May 4, 2016 at 12:45 am This is lovely. Reply swritings says: May 4, 2016 at 12:46 am Thank you so much! 🙂 Reply jademwong says: May 4, 2016 at 12:47 am That’s the definition of a lasting marriage 🙂 I hope the main character hangs in there and I hope her husband will always be there to wipe away the tears. Reply swritings says: May 4, 2016 at 12:55 am Yes! One should not fear an ‘I told you so’ in marriage and feel comfortable enough to be yourself without having to put up a front! 🙂 Reply mandibelle16 says: May 4, 2016 at 3:08 am Great symbolic use of the prompt picture. Nice she has adependable guy who doesn’t mind her crying sometimes. Reply swritings says: May 4, 2016 at 3:13 pm Thank you! She’s certainly one of the lucky ones! 😊 Reply Keiths Ramblings says: May 4, 2016 at 4:15 am True companionship. Delightful. Visit Keith’s Ramblings . Reply swritings says: May 4, 2016 at 3:13 pm Thank you so much for reading! 😊 Reply Michael says: May 4, 2016 at 4:16 am What a beautiful place to be in knowing there was someone to alleviate your sorrow, excellent piece SW…. Reply swritings says: May 4, 2016 at 3:15 pm Thank you so much! Yes, truly fortunate to have such a dependable person in your life! Reply maria says: May 4, 2016 at 8:35 am Awweee!! She doesn’t have to face her troubles alone… Such a sweet take, S! ❤ Reply swritings says: May 4, 2016 at 3:18 pm Thank you! Yes! I hope she realizes how lucky she is to have such a dependable person in her life! 😊 Reply maria says: May 5, 2016 at 8:45 am I’m sure she does now.. 🙂 🙂 Deb says: May 4, 2016 at 10:36 pm Loved this. So beautiful. Egos sometimes need to be pushed aside. Reply swritings says: May 4, 2016 at 10:40 pm Yes, we all need a break from our egos! Thank you so much for reading! 🙂 Reply Lyn says: May 5, 2016 at 3:18 pm What a lovely interpretation of the prompt! Reply swritings says: May 5, 2016 at 6:33 pm Thank you so much! 😊 Reply luckyjc007 says: May 5, 2016 at 6:58 pm Beautiful love story. She is fortunate to have his support and understanding and knows when to be there for her. And, it’s wonderful that she recognizes that and loves him for it. Reply swritings says: May 5, 2016 at 7:01 pm Thank you so much! She’s very fortunate to have such a dependable guy in her life! 😊 Reply draliman says: May 5, 2016 at 8:49 pm Sweet, she has a good ‘un there! Reply swritings says: May 5, 2016 at 8:56 pm An extremely lucky gal!😊 Thank you for reading! Reply momtheobscure says: May 6, 2016 at 11:23 pm This was lovely and uplifting! Reply swritings says: May 6, 2016 at 11:26 pm Thank you so much for reading! 🙂 Reply afairymind says: May 7, 2016 at 2:26 am Having someone to share the burden is the most important thing in a relationship. 🙂 A lovely story. Reply swritings says: May 7, 2016 at 9:23 pm That’s very true! 🙂 Thank you so much for reading! 🙂 Reply jacquelineobyikocha says: May 9, 2016 at 5:14 pm There’s nothing like having someone to share a burden with. Definitely lightens the bearer. Reply swritings says: May 9, 2016 at 9:32 pm You’re right! Thank you so much for reading! 🙂 Reply jacquelineobyikocha says: May 9, 2016 at 11:00 pm It’s a pleasure 🙂 Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change ) Cancel Connecting to %s Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. 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