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I paused, as I always did, as I wandered past the corner my mother had set up all those years ago. It was basically a shrine to my father who had been killed during the war. It comprised his photograph, the phone she had first heard the news on, and the candles we used as remembrance. There was something different this time.
“Sophie, are these your crayons?” I scolded my young child.
“I thought Granddad would like them.”
There was nothing to do but smile. “Do you know, he would have loved them… But probably not on his face!”
I wrote this in response to this week’s Friday fictioneers prompt.
AngieTrafford 
Great story! Very naughty of Sophie to draw on his face but I’m sure her grandfather would have found it funny!
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I am sure that he would have found that very funny! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Children certainly have a way of shining a little light into dark corners 🙂 Well told!
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They certainly do that! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Perhaps it broke the mother’s melancholy. Change can do that. Children can do that. Children are change
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I would have thought that melancholy would have definitely been broken. Thank you for reading and commenting.
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Nice story! Sophie sounds lively. Well drawn characters and situation.
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I am glad you like the characters. Sophie is one of those children that always keeps their parents on their toes! Thank you reading and commenting.
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I loved that! The youngest generation wanted to honor the Grandfather, too…even if it was a little mis-guided. Her heart was in the right spot. Love it!
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The best way she knew how, sharing the colours. Thank you reading and commenting.
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A child and crayons and any paper means colouring. That’s a law of nature. Great story.
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Absolutely it does! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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crayons did put a breath of fresh air to his shrine. well done.
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Everything needs something fresh once in a while! Thank you for reading and commenting.
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