Fractured mixedbag April 27, 2016 August 5, 2016 14 Comments on Fractured Her last will is read. Some are suddenly richer than the others. Somber silence is now replaced by a scuffle between siblings. A lone shoe makes its way over the din towards the mantel. A mother’s heart breaks along with the urn. 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 Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...
D3athLily April 28, 2016 at 12:16 pm So sad and true. Nothing brings out the worst in a family like a discussion of inheritance. 😯 Reply ↓
mixedbag Post authorApril 28, 2016 at 10:12 pm Thanks for your comment, Melony! I love your microstory this week 🙂 Reply ↓
Liv bySurprise April 28, 2016 at 2:26 pm So sad that these circumstances sometimes lead to more discontent – at a time when it really should bring people together. Reply ↓
mixedbag Post authorApril 28, 2016 at 10:12 pm It is sad! When the glue that binds us is gone, the family falls apart. Thank you, Liv! Reply ↓
Tony Lovell April 28, 2016 at 4:22 pm I mean, we all have selfish people in our families. This piece is really heartbreaking. Reply ↓
mixedbag Post authorApril 28, 2016 at 10:15 pm Thank you, Tony! Every family has a few crazies like that 🙂 Reply ↓
Deepti Prasad April 28, 2016 at 10:37 pm Did you mean that "lone shoe" reference to be a 3rd dimension to "fracture". I thought that was brilliant.- Deepti Reply ↓
mixedbag Post authorApril 29, 2016 at 1:54 am Thank you Deepti! The lone shoe is what shows us the family's true colors, I guess. Reply ↓
Marcy April 29, 2016 at 9:57 am I can picture this angry little scene. I liked how you had both the urn and the mother's heart breaking from the thrown shoe. Reply ↓
mixedbag Post authorMay 2, 2016 at 4:58 am Thanks Marcy! So many things broken in this story 🙂 Reply ↓
Sreedhar Bhattaram April 29, 2016 at 10:40 am A rich man is afraid of his son.. goes the saying.. The sad part of Division! Reply ↓
mixedbag Post authorMay 2, 2016 at 4:59 am Sad indeed! Money cannot buy happiness. Thank you for commenting! Reply ↓
Amit Agarwal May 2, 2016 at 8:07 am Unfortunate, but very true quite often! Wonderfully composed, Hema! Reply ↓
So sad and true. Nothing brings out the worst in a family like a discussion of inheritance. 😯
Unfortunately very close to home for me!
Thanks for your comment, Melony! I love your microstory this week 🙂
So sad that these circumstances sometimes lead to more discontent – at a time when it really should bring people together.
It is sad! When the glue that binds us is gone, the family falls apart. Thank you, Liv!
I mean, we all have selfish people in our families. This piece is really heartbreaking.
Thank you, Tony! Every family has a few crazies like that 🙂
Did you mean that "lone shoe" reference to be a 3rd dimension to "fracture". I thought that was brilliant.- Deepti
Thank you Deepti! The lone shoe is what shows us the family's true colors, I guess.
I can picture this angry little scene. I liked how you had both the urn and the mother's heart breaking from the thrown shoe.
Thanks Marcy! So many things broken in this story 🙂
A rich man is afraid of his son.. goes the saying.. The sad part of Division!
Sad indeed! Money cannot buy happiness. Thank you for commenting!
Unfortunate, but very true quite often! Wonderfully composed, Hema!