Hands

[dreamsreflected]

3Mine are sticky and three years old, dirt trapped under the nails, crumbs caked in the crevices, the sweet smell of summer lilacs drifting in through the open kitchen window. I place my palm against hers, study her dry cracked skin, how long the middle finger is standing taller than the rest, the thin gold band of her wave-shaped wedding band, a

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[dreamsreflected]

Because this last image was so crucial to surviving last year after Gracie was so sick and I was so sick and so down I am posting it here, because every time I see this picture I cry just a little bit, somehow it symbolizes all we went through, with her tiny fingers hanging on.

[helenix]

Beautiful. All of it. Great concept. Well done.

[dreamsreflected]

Thank you <3

[meepalicious]

What a beautiful picture and a beautiful story. I especially loved the last line.

[adoptedwriter]

Beautiful descriptions! Love this! AW

[dreamsreflected]

Thank you so much.

[dreamsreflected]

Thank you.

[kajel]

The descriptions and using your hand to move through different points in your life was very inspired. Great job.

[dreamsreflected]

Thank you much. And thanks for reading.

[halfshellvenus]

I liked the structure of this very much, both the use of your hands and how they reflected your life at different ages (especially "Married" followed by "Persecuted"), and then the way the first and last parts mirrored each other.

[dreamsreflected]

Thank you, I think it's always a challenge to do time shift type pieces effectively, I'm glad it came out well.