A new drabble of mine has been unveiled today on the Indie Book Bargains website.
Mum
“Mum, tell me again why you’ve got two Christmas trees up… and twice as many crackers as there are family!”
“I told you - if you buy it all during the sales after Christmas, you save a fortune! I bought half of this lot on Boxing Day last year and put it away for safe keeping. Then when this Christmas came round, I’d clean forgotten about it all. Now I have double!”
How we laughed!
Later the following year, Mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I can still picture the two trees, the crackers swamping the tablecloth, but I no longer laugh.
Mum
“Mum, tell me again why you’ve got two Christmas trees up… and twice as many crackers as there are family!”
“I told you - if you buy it all during the sales after Christmas, you save a fortune! I bought half of this lot on Boxing Day last year and put it away for safe keeping. Then when this Christmas came round, I’d clean forgotten about it all. Now I have double!”
How we laughed!
Later the following year, Mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I can still picture the two trees, the crackers swamping the tablecloth, but I no longer laugh.
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