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Living the Dream
This post is for Lillie McFerrin Writes Five Sentence Fiction. Word theme for the current week is DAZZLES.
I am on a look out for the word prompts, drabble challenges, 55fiction challenges and what not. Lillie never misses her prompts and I try not to miss them as well. Here is my entry for this weeks 5SF.
Living the Dream
Every time she came here she felt happy.
Every time thousands of people applauded she felt glad.
This was all that she loved – the bright lights, the peaceful music, the story – this was all that she longed for.
Every time Maya saw her beautiful daughter dazzle on the stage she felt a sense of pride, a sense of accomplishment.
Her daughter was living the dream that Maya couldn’t do when she was younger caught up in two jobs and night classes, but she was happy she could provide for her daughter and mold her as a popular ballet dancer in the town.
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20 comments
the feeling is really wonderful when mother can see her dream fulfill through her daughter! 🙂
nice story !
It feels nice to imagine Maya's bliss 🙂
An interesting story where the reader's perspective changes in the last two sentences. Very nice!
Very nice.. Most of the mothers, especially in our country live their dreams through their children, and in a way that is good too, they excel in achieving it someway right? loved it 🙂
Thanks Crimson Curls.
Definitely, it was her dream 🙂
Thanks KR Smith, that was the idea 🙂
Yes they do. And no one is happier than a mother when her child becomes what she might have aspired to be one day.
I hope Maya too is happy living her mother's dream. Beautiful Fiction this was 🙂
As a parent that struggled, this piece was so endearing
That is adorable! Nothing could be as satisfying as a mother watching her daughter fulfilling her dreams. Nice piece of work!
It is nice to see our kids realize our dream…but, I would have loved if Maya would have realized hers.
Yup.. Same here… Wish Maya gets to fulfill her dreams too.. 🙂
nice story
nice story
The Lone Survivor
I hope to watch my kids live many dreams. I have multiple sclerosis. So far I'm still functional and still have periods of remission, but I know that can change. I try to enjoy everything I can in the meantime.
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Some unfulfilled dreams do get realized by our children, if we're lucky. Nice read 🙂
I hope to become like that girl too. Nice story.
wow! such a sweet post! Helping someone fulfill their dreams is really soothing feeling
That's an adorable story. Tina, our stories for this prompt are almost on similar lines – a mother's sacrifice. Nice to read your take on the prompt :):)