PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz
Pictures are worth a thousand words, thought Henry. Clearly, a thousand words are not enough.
The funeral was just as his mother would have liked it. Simple.
He leafed through her photo album. Many of him and his siblings as children. Some of his parents, laughing, smiling. Caught unawares. Of course, he didn’t find what he was looking for. There were none of her first family. The husband and autistic child she abandoned.
He committed to finding his half-brother. Maybe she couldn’t handle it. He certainly wanted to try. Especially now that his own daughter had received the same diagnosis.
100 words
Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The challenge is to write a story in 100 words or less. Click the frog to submit your flash fiction and to read others’.
FFW 
killer last line, Fatima
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Good work Fatima, a powerful story. So glad his mindset is different to her mother.
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Yes, he is an apple that fell a little further out from the tree 😉 Thanks, Iain.
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A story to make one think, well told
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Thank you, Mike.
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Dear Fatima,
A powerful and well-layered story. ”
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle. 🙂
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His determination is felt in your story, Fatima.
A well executed story.
Isadora 😎
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Thank you, Isadora.
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It’s so easy to judge people. I found myself doing it with the mother. Great story.
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It is human nature, part of finding our way in the world to judge others. But it can also be very limiting to oneself. Thank you, Tannille.
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It’s interesting to realize that my parents have taken their secrets to the grave. I wish I had asked more questions but then again, maybe I really was never supposed to know. I have secrets that my sons will never know.
Thought provoking, thanks.
Tracey
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Makes us wonder how he/she found out there was a half-sibling…
And the secrets families keep…
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Oh gosh… I sure hope they find the half brother. Sounds like the investigation will be worth the painful memories
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As Neil said, a killer last line. The pain comes through the words so very clearly. Well done
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