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.
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The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away
Moments after being placed on my chest, my son scrunched his blue-tinged face, whimpered and began to cry in earnest.
Leaning over us, my husband spoke with him as he had spoken to my belly for nine months. He stopped crying and appeared to listen.
"He knows your voice," I whispered, smiling, eyes full.
"By the way," Dr. Blunt said, "your husband and your mom didn't know how to tell you, but your father died two days ago."
And thus was my full heart broken, bleeding sorrow that still seeps out now and again, even as it burst with joy.