I’m excited to share my effort for Friday Fictioneers this week. I’ve had the pleasure of reading quite a few of the other entries and they are wonderful. All are welcome to join in. You can view the prompt, and details for participating, here: http://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/7-february-2014/
The grieving Mrs. Budinski went through the doors of A Helping Hand, directing her maid to bring the discards in.
Boxes of junk would complicate Jessica’s budget. The wealthiest family in twelve counties would not pay to dispose their trash.
The first box held cracked leather shoes. Then Jessica saw a lampshade. Her heart skipped a beat. Could it be? They had disappeared more than fifty years ago.
Yes! All twenty-two lucky lamps were there. Mr. Budinski had hoarded them.
Jessica’s fiancé thought she was crazy.
Twenty years later no one could remember the poverty Willow Creek had been under.
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I wonder if any of my lamps are lucky. Good story.
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I’m going to say that at least one of your lamps is lucky. 🙂 Thank you for the compliment.
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“Is there one…”
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I think luck follows you wherever you go. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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A good story. I think we all could use a lucky lamp or two.
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Definitely. Thank you.
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Oh how the times change! Excellent story!
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Thank you. Personally, I’d like to move to Willow Creek.
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Dear Gina,
Looks like there was gold in them thar lampshades. Nice one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you.
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Hi Gina,
Finding a way to re-connect with your past is always magical, and it made your story intriguing. Ron
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Greetings, Ron. I appreciate your comment.
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Nice job, Gina! There seem to be two themes this week: Light and Luck. Lamps apparently bring those two things to mind. I like the way you start in the present, but give us a panoramic view of this family’s history. Well done. 🙂
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Thank you, Dawn. Isn’t the variety of what people do with the prompt fascinating!
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EVERY week! I love it!! No pressure, all fun. 😀
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Same here!
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I’m doing the Tipsy lit again this week, and the scampering for votes is crazy! FF is all good. So nice to be just writing and sharing with other writers! 😀
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🙂
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😀
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It can happen. Me, next time, I hope.
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I hope that, too.
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Great story. See hoarding is never good, sharing is. 🙂
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Exactly! Thank you.
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how wonderful that she shared the luck with all of Willow Creek. great story! 🙂
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She’s one of the good ones. Thank you.
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May the lamps bring light back to Willow Creek. Everyone needs to experience luck in their lives. Good story.
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Thank you!
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Ah.. lucky lamps.. those are sorely needed…
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I’ll share if I come across any.
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Good Story! Lucky lamps – would be nice! Nan
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I’m glad you like it. If I find some I’ll be sure to share.
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I’m a bit superstitious myself. Friday the 13 is coming up isn’t it? I wish I had one of Mrs. Budinski’s lamps. Oh and how I love her name!
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I hoped that someone would appreciate the joke of Mrs. Budinski’s name!
You’re on the list, so if I find some lamps I’ll be in touch. Thank you for reading and commenting.
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WE inspired from this site.. 🙂
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Awesome. Thank you for reading.
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WC 🙂
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sharing with others instead of storing away items that collect dust – a far better approach. i like the scene you created.
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Thank you!
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