Wednesday's Child

[kenakeri]

Mommy gets up early to watch the sun rise every day over the sea. She cries as she watches, and it makes me feel sad. Sometimes I crawl into her lap and hug her. She never hugs me back, but I don't care. I don't understand why she is so sad when the sun is so pretty

Comments

[joeymichaels]

Very moving - The closing image of mother and child on the beach is powerful.

[kenakeri]

Thanks.

[talon]

Interesting and well-done.

Is there more backstory behind it? Because my mind drifts to thinking that perhaps the son wasn't wanted or something to that effect.

[kenakeri]

Thanks. There's a second part to this story that I haven't covered yet. The backstory of this was I was reading selkie folklore sometime ago, and the idea of being trapped on land, forced to be someone's wife and bear their children made my skin crawl.

The son looks like the man who trapped her, so he's borne the brunt of the resentment she can't show her husband.

[sra33]

... awww :(

[roina_arwen]

Awww - what a great story.

[kenakeri]

Thanks.

[majesticzaichik]

Quite heart breaking, but a really beautiful story. Really liked reading it.

[kenakeri]

Glad you liked it :D