A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

by Mistress Elsha Hawk

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“Maybe next year we can go to Holiday World again!” the five year old exclaimed.

“Maybe,” the distracted mom answered.

“And we can ride the waterslide again!” the five year old launched into memory. “We can ride that colorful slide, it’s purple and green and yellow, you can see it in the lunch place! You can go into that big lazy river. I like to ride all of the things there!”

“mmhmm.” Mom was thinking about other things.

“Mom! My favorite thing is the thing that you have to go up up up! AND I want to ride that thing where you get a picture!”

“The log ride?”

“Yeah! And the thing where you shoot the turkeys!”
“Well, maybe we’ll go next year.”

“Ok.” The five year old looks sullen. “I want to go to holiday World next year,” he pouts and whines.

“Mommy’s working now, honey. Why don’t you go play in your room?”

“Aw! I don’t want to play in my room!”

“Well you have to do something quiet, Mommy’s working now.”

“Can I watch a movie?”

“Sure.”

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Comments

  1. A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 2 months ago

    This needs to be sequeled.. its so reallife.. the child is precious…

  2. A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 2 months ago

    This needs to be sequeled.. its so reallife.. the child is precious…

  3. A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

    Wyatt Aapr's Buddy Icon Wyatt Aapr

    Posted 2 months ago

    Nice slice of americana. If you don’t sequel it i will. ;-)

  4. A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

    Algai 'd' Aman's Buddy Icon Algai 'd' Aman

    Posted 2 months ago

    I’d like to see a sequel as well. This perfectly captures a 5 year old’s priorities. Nice job.

  5. A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

    ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫'s Buddy Icon ALRO613 ♪ LoA ♫

    Posted 2 months ago

    yes.. very nice piece… and i agree with Skermitgorf: Very real.. i can hear my own son talking as i read this…
    Very fun piece..
    I think you’ll find many sequeling :) hehee.

  6. A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 2 months ago

    I’d have to wait for the five year old to get a creative whim again… I hope many do sequel! I loved reading the sequels of my last MOM ficlet. (the one where I took the kids to the grocery store if you remember that)

  7. A Memory, a Mommy, and a Moment Missed (by both VideogameBoy and Elsha together)

    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 2 months ago

    Aw… Little kids make the world go around.

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