STORY INFO
Letting go
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Author
Rebecca Miles
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Danh mục
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Update
1 year ago
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1/??
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98
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I dedicate this story to my partner and to everyone who has carried or is carrying the burden of grief.Sitting by the bed, holding my hand, you think my mind is fighting against the decision of my body to quit life’s game. My eyes are closed, but I sense your will through the fingers laced tightly around my own. Tenderness is a force and you stake my claim to life through the insistent pressure of your hand. How it has grown over these long years from its immaculate small perfection to this manifestati...
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I'm so proud of you Mummy.
Thank you my darling xxxx
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Your social media rattled brain, with a one-digit IQ cannot really fathom the bond between a mother and her daughter. Just because you have had a loveless life doesn't mean others have. So please, stop being a bitter hoodlum and do something worthwhile.
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Well she is my daughter and it's ok for her to be proud of her mum. Perhaps if you've got kids you'll feel the same regarding how they perceive you. Please don't spoil my joy on the win; it's come out of a hard place...
Yeah Rebecca! Ignore the haters! This was an amazing story and there was absolutely no reason for these people to make a big deal about a simple show of affection between mother and child. Keep writing!!
What a beautiful story. It made me sad while reading it but it was such a peaceful story. Congratulations, I agree you deserve this win.
Thanks ever so much Lynda.
As a mother entering her senior years this really touched me. Sometimes I broach the subject of my eventual demise with my kids, but I'm pretty frisky for my age, and they're not really ready to talk about it. But it will come. I want my kids to feel the same assurance when it's my time to go. I want them to be at peace with it. This is a beautiful story.
As a mother entering her senior years this really touched me. Sometimes I broach the subject of my eventual demise with my kids, but I'm pretty frisky for my age, and they're not really ready to talk about it. But it will come. I want my kids to feel the same assurance when it's my time to go. I want them to be at peace with it. This is a beautiful story.
Hi Rebecca!Congratulations on the win! This is such a deeply personal story and so beautifully written. I love you the reader gets to go along on this complicated and painful journey with your characters. I also thought that you empowered your characters with incredible imagery and heartbreaking words. Nice job!
As a nurse who has witnessed these moments as an outsider far too many times to count - thank you for writing this. You've captured the passing of a loved one in all its heart aching grief and beauty, with a tenderness and peacefulness that I yearn for all of my patients who are nearing this journey to experience. Big hugs to you and your family.
Thank you so much Madeline; my mother in law's nurses were not only competent but infinitely caring. It's an amazing job you do; the quality of care helped no end and I'm so glad I can pas that message onto others. Hugs back.
Rebecca this is an amazing story of the irreplaceable bond between a mother and her child. This is so relevant today where all relationships are bring held hostage to material concerns. The language flowed like water flows in a river and kept me glued to it till the last word. Well done. You are a great writer and thoroughly deserve the win.
Thank you so much Shahzad. The human ties we have are really the strongest, aren't they.
Yes they are and we must hold onto them as they are a vanishing breed.
This is so beautifully written. Your choice of diction, imagery, and tone had me drawn in the entire time. I enjoyed your story immensely.This is a well deserved win, congratulations and thank you for putting this out into the world.
Thanks so much Carolina. I'm so pleased it really resonated with you.
After 7 years of marriage, my first husband died of leukemia after a one year battle. It was the reverse of this story: he, a Pentecostal minister, and everyone around him, expected--and fought--for him to be healed. I was only 26 when he died; he, almost 29. I'm almost 52 now and convinced those of us in the West "don't die well". In an ideal world, your story would be required reading. 🙏 Well done; you deserved to win!
After 7 years of marriage, my first husband died of leukemia after a one year battle. It was the reverse of this story: he, a Pentecostal minister, and everyone around him, expected--and fought--for him to be healed. I was only 26 when he died; he, almost 29. I'm almost 52 now and convinced those of us in the West "don't die well". In an ideal world, your story would be required reading. 🙏 Well done; you deserved to win!
Western culture, especially America, influences society's stance towards death: from the pioneering "can do!" attitude of the Puritan to Judeo-Christian mythos, humans are cast as "warriors", "soldiers" and "conquerors"...so death is something to be resisted at least and "fought" at best. In fact, the New Testament states that the last "enemy" to be "conquered" IS death. However there's a completely different mindset from the East and non-monotheistic religions. Reincarnation vs. "only one life" plays a part in that...
Wow! Your story really blew me away. I wasnt expecting the emotional response it produced in me. The story is well written and on a subject that our culture doesn't often bring out in the open for discussion. Thank you. I look forward to reading more of your work
Wow! Your story really blew me away. I wasnt expecting the emotional response it produced in me. The story is well written and on a subject that our culture doesn't often bring out in the open for discussion. Thank you. I look forward to reading more of your work
Excellent story sensory perceptions, emotions, comparing the situations with newborn to the end life was outstanding,
Thanks so much for your warm words. I'm so glad the sense of cycle came over.
Wow! What a twist on the prompt! I did not expect this. Great job! I really felt the emotions in this post.
I'm glad you liked the twist. Different sort of party but one still celebrating a life, even if it's being departed.
Congrats on your win! This was a joy to read.
Thanks for the congratulations Audrey!
No doubt, great work. Congrats.
Thanks for calling by and commenting Philip.
Oh wow what a beautiful story. I have just balled my eyes out in the best way possible. Losing a parent is such a difficult thing to process, and this story has truly helped me with the grief I myself carry. Such a powerful message. Great pov, use of metaphors, description, and conveyed emotion. Absolutely loved this. Congratulations! You certainly deserved the win.
Thanks ever so much for your heartfelt praise; it means a lot.
Hello, Ms. Miles, this was a phenomenal story to read. The imagery, the metaphors, the representations of the cycle of life and death through parent and child, it was all marvelous. Thank you for this great story.
Hi Frederic, I'm so glad you thought I pulled it off and it was moving. That makes me very happy.
Congratulations Rebecca. This story was so beautiful and poignant. I love the point of view you have written from, it made the impact so powerful. Thoughts to your partner navigating their grief.
Thanks Tracy; this POV was really moving this week. Thanks for your kind thoughts; we're doing ok. This win has helped us celebrate my mother in law's life even more.
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I have no words to describe how beautiful and heart wrenching that was. Wonderful, Rebecca <3
I hope that the beauty helped counter the heart-wrenching part; I hoped the birth might manage that and the sense of full cycle. Thanks so much for reading!
What a beautiful juxtaposition of those two milestones, beginning and end of life. It’s the kind of peace that I think we would all hope to feel when approaching our end. Thanks for sharing. And I hope you and your family are doing okay.
Thanks so much Avery for your comment and your asking after my family. We're doing much better. My partner says he will get my story professionally printed so he can have it as a keepsake so that is wonderful I've been able to give him something to treasure.
Love it! XO
Love it! XO
Hi Sophia, thanks for taking the time to pick out some of your favourite lines. I am a complete sucker for imagery so those are some of my absolute favourites too!
Me too! I feel like imagery can really make a story and the conflict pop. If you have time, would you mind reading my newest story, "An Apple a Day..."?
Yes of course, but it may take me a day or two. I'm just back from a concert and need to hit the hay. If you like imagery I'm sure it will be up my street.
Sure! Whenever you have time. :)
I reported Marshall. I mean..what the!!! That's the first abusive comment I've seen on Reedsy...
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