Mom says she wants to travel. She’s thinking Europe; alone and at 75.
Where did she meet this friend, Jean, she plans to travel with all of a sudden?
My sister and I decide we should allow her this last frivolous adventure.
Safety Harbor Nursing Home can wait until she returns.
While she’s vacationing, we can put the house up for sale and gather what each of us wants from the many collectibles. Then, we’ll have our own European vacation.
In her mailbox arrives a postcard for us.
“Marrying Gene in Paris!” “He’s 65 and hot to trot”. “Tomber amoureux!”
2018©Isadora DeLaVega
Genre: Flash Fiction
Word Count: 100
Photo Prompt: JS Brand
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February 13, 2018 at 8:10 pm
Good for Mom! You’re never too old for a bit of excitement. 😀
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February 14, 2018 at 6:32 pm
Thank you, Sylvia. I’m sure you’ll hear about these senior romances eventually from your Florida friends. ~~~ : – )
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February 14, 2018 at 7:05 pm
Oh yes, lots of romances and shenanigans around here. You’re definitely never too old to have fun. 😀
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February 14, 2018 at 10:11 pm
I like the word – shenanigans – she is in the beginning of the word so I guess we – she’s are the shenanigan makers. LOL 🤣
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February 13, 2018 at 11:52 am
Wonderful! It’s never too late for love, or happiness. If they show up together, even better!
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February 13, 2018 at 3:13 pm
I totally agree, Pamela. Love combined with happiness is all that’s needed as you get older. I enjoy showcasing in my writing the prospectives of the aging. Thank you for visiting and commenting. I always appreciate the feedback of others.
Isadora 😎
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February 11, 2018 at 5:15 pm
Yes, enjoy your life… those children need to do manage by themselves.
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February 11, 2018 at 6:55 pm
If it were a true story, I’d say, “Take their inheritance and run to wherever your happy life is.”
Thank you for chiming in, Bjorn. It’s always nice to see your comments.
Isadora 😎
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February 11, 2018 at 3:33 am
Mon dieu Issy – wonderful!!! Loved it.
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February 11, 2018 at 6:53 pm
Thanks so much, Tina. I’m smiling at your comment.
Have a wonderful Sunday.
Issy 😎
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February 10, 2018 at 10:32 am
Hooray Mom, sell your house, spend the kids inheritance, that’ll teach them!
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February 10, 2018 at 3:26 pm
HA HA … that’s about right, Gilly. These sisters are being selfish. Why can’t Mom?
Great comment … love it.
Issy 😎
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February 10, 2018 at 5:01 am
super fun and I know many seniors that would smile extra with this – life is still theirs to take !
well done
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February 10, 2018 at 3:27 pm
Yes, indeed. Why would they think Mom is in need of nursing if she feels up for traveling?
I suppose they thought she was much more senile than she was. Great comment, prior … Thank you!!!
Isadora 😎
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February 11, 2018 at 1:43 am
🙂
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February 9, 2018 at 2:15 am
Serves those pushy sisters right! Planning to divest their unsuspecting mother of everything, including her freedom. I don’t like them.
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February 9, 2018 at 7:07 pm
Pushy children receiving what they deserve for their lack of consideration of their mother feelings and her life possessions.
The throw-a-way society has little sentiment for the things collected by people who worked hard to get them.
Ahhh … it’s a changed world. Thank you fro commenting and visiting.
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 5:59 pm
Go Mom!
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February 9, 2018 at 6:23 pm
Glad you’re part of the cheering squad for Mom.
Thanks for a fantastic photo for the prompt.
Isadora 😎
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February 9, 2018 at 7:34 pm
I wish her the best. I know quite a few middle-aged people whose widowed parents have found a new companion/soulmate/lover. Most have been resentful rather than pleased. I find that really sad (that said, it hasn’t happened to me).
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February 9, 2018 at 10:54 pm
The character I wrote about in the story is a conglomeration of various elderly people I know. Quick story: We were renting a house when we first moved to Florida, from a man who had taken his wife up north to get her medical care since their children lived up there. When she passed away he asked us if he could break our lease. He wanted to come back down to Florida to find another wife. Hysterical .. Right??? Times a wastin’ hehehe I say live your life however you want. The kids are living theirs without thought for yours. Gone are the days of caring for your parents. I know we took care of both of ours and felt good about doing it. Oh … I could go on. 😀 Thanks again, JS … A thought provoking photograph for the challenge. 😎
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February 10, 2018 at 5:02 am
had to chime in – love this: live your life however you want
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February 8, 2018 at 5:44 pm
Good for her, happiness in later life!! =)
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February 9, 2018 at 6:26 pm
We should always try to give ourselves as much happiness as we can despite our age.
Thank you Brenda for visiting and commenting.
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 5:12 pm
Hilarious story – strikes me that there should be more novels written about life for the over sixty fives
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February 9, 2018 at 6:25 pm
It’s so true, there should be more things writtne about the elderly.
You caught me … working on that type of short stories right now.
I’m really glad you enjoyed my story. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 2:28 pm
Such a fun, lovely story.
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February 8, 2018 at 3:05 pm
Glad you enjoyed it, Moon. Thanks for leaving and comment and visiting.
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 2:16 pm
Hahahaha! Sounds like mama is hot to trot too! LOL! Cute story!
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February 8, 2018 at 2:43 pm
It was fun to create the scenario. A little light on the story line for the challenge. Thanks, PJ. 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 2:52 pm
It was a fun story to read! 😀
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February 8, 2018 at 3:04 pm
😎
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February 8, 2018 at 1:50 pm
75 is the new 74! Go for it Mom!
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February 8, 2018 at 2:54 pm
HA HA … I think Mom might have been a hot tomato way back when too.
Glad you enjoyed, Keith. Thank you for your comment. It broguht a smile to my face.
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 1:25 pm
Querida Isadora,
Me estoy riendo. I’m happy for Mom. She needs to put a restraining order on her ungrateful niños. Love this story.
Shalom y abrazos.
Rochelle
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February 8, 2018 at 2:50 pm
Querida Rochelle,
Es lo que los ninos merecen, verdad? A fun write for the group this week on the alternative possibilities of aging.
Gracias, mi amiga … siempre me encanta escribir con su dirección de retratos.
Con carino,
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 11:28 am
Good for her!!
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February 8, 2018 at 2:51 pm
Thanks, Louise. I had fun writing the story.
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February 8, 2018 at 9:29 am
That ending took me by surprise! I’m glad the kids were foiled.
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February 8, 2018 at 2:55 pm
I thought I’d give the story … and the kids … a twist of a surprise.
Thanks, Penny.
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 2:43 am
Gee, mom’s not even gone, and the kids are packing up her things and vying for her best – and selling off the rest. Bet she has other plans – clearly. Good on her and what a hoot! Who says you’re too old to have a good time and trot – in whatever means and fashions? Wonderfully fun flash 🙂
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February 8, 2018 at 3:04 pm
It sad but it happens more and more these days. Kids aren’t interested in taking care of aging parents.
Distance and their own families are their priorities … as they should be. Here in Florida, the elderly
are sadly placed in these facilities never to be visited again. Their treasured things never appreciated
because the throw-a-way society thinks their superfluous. BUT … on another the other hand … it would
be a hoot to give them a good scare. We’re all as young as we feel and no one should try to change that thought.
Grateful, wildchild, that you stopped by for a visit. Your insightful comment was 5 star. Thank you,
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 6:23 pm
my pleasure Isadora 🙂
and you’re right – it happens all the time – and everywhere …. mostly, in NA we treat aging and the elderly with terrible disdain … it’s certainly not right. And yes, children do have the right to lives of their own, but it doesn’t have to unfold in so many of the ugly ways that it does. 😐
And yup, age is just a number – and if health permits? Live it. 🙂
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February 7, 2018 at 10:32 pm
Lovely, reminds me not to trust my family with the keys to my house when I am globetrotting.
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February 8, 2018 at 7:48 am
HA HA … perhaps, it’s best not to hand those keys over. It might be the first step to another place to live or raiding more
than your refrigerator. Smart thinking, James.
Isadora 😎
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February 7, 2018 at 9:28 pm
Love it! Bet she’s having the time of her life!
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February 8, 2018 at 7:46 am
I’ve been to events here in Florida and the elderly seem to be more energized than the young ones.
They figure they don’t have time to think about what others think. They’re going to live it up.
Glad you liked my tale. Thanks … Izzy 😎
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February 7, 2018 at 8:10 pm
That’s what you get for trying to put an old child of the summer of love in a Home
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February 8, 2018 at 7:44 am
HA HA … can’t keep a wild hippie down. Thinking young keeps you young.
Mom has the right idea. Glad you enjoyed, Neil. Thank you …
Isadora 😎
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February 7, 2018 at 8:08 pm
Good on her, better late than never! 🙂
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February 8, 2018 at 7:40 am
Some of the elderly I know are young thinkers … or … rememberers of days gone by.
Thanks for the comment and visit, Iain.
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February 7, 2018 at 7:24 pm
Hope Gene isn’t out to take her to the cleaners,though the first thing I thought of was dancer Gene Kelly and the film “American in Paris” (1951).
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February 8, 2018 at 7:42 am
Mmmm … that’s a thought. There are some that do take advantage. Thank for the Gene Kelly movie title.
As a former dancer, now I’ll have to see. I’m sure it’s great. Thanks for commenting, James.
Isadora 😎
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February 8, 2018 at 11:46 am
It’s a fabulous movie. One of his best just behind “Singin’ in the Rain.”
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February 7, 2018 at 7:21 pm
You’re never too old. It’s never too late. Such fun!
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February 8, 2018 at 7:38 am
If you’re thinking young; you feel young. Glad you found this tale fun.
Thank you for commenting and visiting.
Isadora 😎
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February 7, 2018 at 6:36 pm
My grandmother went skydiving at 84 – gotta love them
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February 8, 2018 at 12:54 am
If I wasn’t afraid of heights, I’d go for a jump too. Your never too old until you think you are.
Thank you, Deb, for commenting and stopping by my blog.
Isadora 😎
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February 7, 2018 at 6:18 pm
Love it! So there you terrible children!
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February 8, 2018 at 12:50 am
I think there are a great many children like this now-a-days. Living in Florida with many elderly, I hear about this it quite often. It’s difficult for the children as they have their own families and usually live in another state. But … what a hoot it would be to do to them. LOL
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February 8, 2018 at 1:28 am
No doubt! But you know, 70’s are not so old now…
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February 9, 2018 at 6:09 pm
I think there isn’t any age anymore. Just the age that the mind chooses to be in. I’m feelin’ 40’ish.
LOLOL
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February 9, 2018 at 8:28 pm
I agree! I’m…hmmm lemme see… yeah 39-40 😁
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February 9, 2018 at 10:46 pm
😂🤣😍
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February 10, 2018 at 12:50 am
😎🙄😁😘
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