Challenge
December 2024 Drabble: Give and Take
With the holiday season upon us, tell me a story about giving, taking, loving, losing, joy, sorrow. Any or all of the above. There's a prize for what I consider to be the most interesting entry. Here are the rules if you're interested in winning: tell me a story in exactly 100 words. Use prose, not poetry, standard punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Please do NOT tag me, I'll read all the entries conforming to the rules at the end of the challenge period.
Holidays
My daughter's birthday is near Easter. Her NICU stay ended around my birthday, which is Prince's birthday. My husband, Halloween. My son, Valentine's Day. Christmas, when my in-laws split (temporarily). Memorial Day, when mine did the same (permanently).
Days created for other reasons. Days for other days. Days of secret celebration. Days for private funerals in the darkness of the hillside.
Today, I've decided, is a special day, a celebration of clarity. Of bliss. A day to sit with everything.
A day that is a gift from God, not to me, but to the Reaper.
I watch their exchange, smiling.