The Perfect Day Gone
Thanksgiving Microfiction
The table was set for a glorious afternoon of our family coming together and celebrating Thanksgiving. I spent hours creating a delicious autumn menu of roasted turkey, creamed spinach, mashed potatoes, and scrumptious pies. I even checked the weather to see if I could host our dinner outside by the lake. The extended family would be here, a first for us in years. Everything was going to be perfect.
Until…
When my husband and I watched the National Dog show while having a lite lunch during one of our breaks from Thanksgiving preparing, the aroma of turkey and spices enveloped us in a sweet and savory embrace. The phone rang, my husband picked up the phone. His once cheerful face drained of color, as I watched my warm body turned to ice.
It happened again. God, NO! When will he learn!
We quickly turned off the oven, and had to rush to the ER, leaving the perfect Thanksgiving day behind.
About the Creator
Logic and reason are not always explanation enough.
Logic and reason are not always explanation enough. Understanding is elusive He sat looking at the half empty glass but not seeing it, he was cold but not feeling it, he was in pain but not hurting from it. His mind was numb, his memory a jumble of conflicting events, as if from a nightmare but were in fact real. The phone rang for a long time before it gained his attention and then he tried to turn it off, an automatic reaction against coming back to reality. His mind preferred the numbness to anything else that was available. In this distracted state he accidentally accepted the call and put it onto speaker, the voice from the speaker jolted him into giving it his full attention. This was a call from the dead. The voice was full of concern, “where are you John, why haven’t you called, what is going on?” Even to his own ears his tone sounded subdued, defeated, “I am in the cabin, in the woods but I am OK will call you later” and he turned the phone off both ending this call and not accepting any other.
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Comments (21)
Awesome to read
Great story and a thought provoking ending. A story that lingers well after the last word is read. Congratulations on top story.
what a story-- enough to be wary of holiday reactions by others--trying to make life perfect has a strange effect on people
"It happened again. God, NO! When will he learn!" LOVE!
A tense, gripping twist to a Thanksgiving day gone wrong!
Wow! You had me going. Leaned into the screen, I was waiting for the answer to what happened. I could feel my heart beating! Great ending because now I have to wonder or fil it with my own. Congrats on top story too!
Congratulations on Top Story - Well Done
Congratulations 🏆
I'm going to wonder all night what happened now. Thank you for the great micro! I was right there. Just when the dog show was getting good...
Wow, this is was going so well...until the phone call. Great ending to leave us hanging.
Congratulations on a well-deserved top story! 🎉🎉🎉That was just a teaser though, is there more or more to come? Or is this a add your own ending? Yes, that may be a good prompt! I can imagine how Dharrsheena would end it.😉😂
Masterpieces
Unique piece!
Such a great piece 👏
Oh no, what happened? What's going on?? Congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Sorry that happened , but a great story and I do like when it's up to the reader to work out what happened
Wait what happened?! Is the husband going to be okay? This is when you know you've written a good cliffhanger. Great job and congrats on the Top Story!
You set the scene perfectly - hope you'll write a follow up as I am super nosy and would love to find out what the emergency was.
Wonder what the emergency was? Such a beautiful setup and the image was perfect. Is there more to the story? Good work.
Wow, this left me wanting more. I love short micro-fictions like this. Great job!
Oh my. That ending. 😳