Dishes

Posted on January 30, 2023 | 32 Comments
Carrot Ranch dishes

She washes the dishes in a blinding blur of tears, performing the same routine as yesterday and the day before…

Today is different though, she muses as she dries her hands on a towel. Today she is finished with being the passive recipient of her husband’s baleful glares and grinding criticism. He moved out this morning and served her with divorce papers.

At first, she was flummoxed by this sudden dismantling of their lives, however unsuited they were, but as she tidies the house, she feels light and free.

She makes herself a jam sandwich… on the good china.

~*~
©️2023 Paula Light and Light Motifs II. No unauthorized use permitted.

Written for the Carrot Ranch Story Challenge (99 words with dishes) and Denise’s Six Sentence Story (link on Wednesday).

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32 responses to “Dishes”

  1. newepicauthor | January 30, 2023 at 2:22 pm |

    I am always happy when my chores are sone.

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  2. rugby843 | January 30, 2023 at 2:52 pm |

    Love it👍🏻

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  3. Suzette Benjamin | January 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm |

    Great job in the storytelling and to the courageous heroine of the story!

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  4. jai | January 30, 2023 at 7:18 pm |

    She’s free…nice. 🙂

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  5. Sadje | January 30, 2023 at 10:25 pm |

    Great take Paula

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  6. blindzanygirl | January 31, 2023 at 1:38 am |

    Great post a so true to life Paula

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  7. Prior... | January 31, 2023 at 7:57 am |

    Oh so fun to imagine the sandwich on the good china –

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  8. Prior... | January 31, 2023 at 7:57 am |

    Also – the washing of the dishes and the cleaning miring away if the bad union – well done interplay

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  9. Baydreamer - Lauren Scott | January 31, 2023 at 8:50 am |

    Great job on the prompt, Paula, and the ending is delightful. 💗

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  10. Frank Hubeny | February 1, 2023 at 5:42 pm |

    Nice ending with the use of the good china.

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  11. messymimi's meanderings | February 1, 2023 at 6:13 pm |

    I do hope life gets better for her now. Use the good china, otherwise what is it for?

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  12. Liz H | February 1, 2023 at 6:45 pm |

    May that sammie on fine china be the first of many happier meals!

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  13. Reena Saxena | February 2, 2023 at 1:33 am |

    It is the same feeling that arose from the previous piece I read by Nicole Horlings.

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  14. Gr8BigFun | February 2, 2023 at 9:27 pm |

    Freedom, such a great feeling.

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  16. Nicole Horlings | February 12, 2023 at 6:23 am |

    “On the good china” was a fantastic ending. It nicely shows the freedom and lightness that you told us about.

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