Sunday 20 April 2014

Quite Quietly...

The bony face with bloodshot eyes stared back at her as she looked in the mirror. Yet again she had spent her night crying.

The endless fights with her husband and the jabs from her in-laws had sucked the happiness out of her soul. The only thing that had kept her anchored was her children.

She had stood rock hard and faced every situation. But now they had grown up, instead of easing her pain, they added more to it.

She walked out into the night quite quietly, as for once she decided to live for herself instead of others!

image source: google images

PS: Linking this post to the 100 Words on Saturday #12 by Write Tribe.


20 comments:

  1. :) how we cling onto hope! Well written :)

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  2. hope everything will be fine.. well written.. swatz.

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  3. decided to live for herself ....... something many parents realise very late in life.
    Like that B&W pic with backlight and long shadow.

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  4. It is doubly sad that even her children for whose sake she put up with indignities added to her woes.

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  5. Very true to like, Swathi. I'm glad she walked out. That is why I always feel that 'staying for the sake of the children' never works!

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  6. Good for her Swathi lovely story :)

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  7. A nice one, Swathi. The picture captures the mental state of the woman quite well. I hope she finds the light she is looking for...

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  8. She must have endured a lot... Good narration.

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  9. very beautiful one swathi.... so much pain she should have faced to take this decision

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  10. Beautiful story. I am glad she did it finally. Should have done this earlier.

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  11. True.. atleast she 'll be satisfied that she has been there for them to fix their routes..

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  12. Awesome that she finally took a stand for her self :) good one swathi!

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  13. A bold move and a happy one. Glad it didn't end in tragedy. Good take, Swathi!

    ~Shailaja's post

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  14. Sometimes we need to do things just for ourselves!!

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  15. A sad story. But her determination is praise worthy. At least she has taken a decision

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  16. I am glad she took the right decision ... beautifully written.

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