Gratitude

"Look dear son", gently said the father pointing to the rolling hills "Mother Nature's Eden for her children to experience sacred thrills; "What is that father" asked the Son as a thick smog drifted in from yonder "Our ingratitude to her; our inexcusable blunder." (Word Count 44) Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt #202

Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan pays a glorious tribute to the thousands of tormented mothers - employed by the infamous Magdalene Laundries, also known as the Magdalene Asylums in Ireland – whose lives were nothing short of an inferno. “Small Things Like These” is an achingly emotional fictitious story that highlights in equal measure the paradoxical traits of … Continue reading Small Things Like These – Claire Keegan