For Sail

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The boat reminded me of my dad. The owner had put a "For Sail" sign, something I'm sure my dad would chuckle about. I took out my phone and scrolled down to our last conversation. It was an innocuous word - Fine. Before this monosyllable were furious exchanges about my dad's wedding.

5 years after my mother had passed away, as I'd visited her grave, my father had dropped a bombshell on me. He was getting married to our old neighbour - Ms Shelley.

I would have gotten used to that idea if it had been anybody but her. I remembered her as the antithesis of my mother. A loud gossip who liked to poke her nose in everybody's business. Her snide remarks about my mother's career and parenting skills still buzzed in my ear.

I had made it very clear to my father that not only would I not attend the wedding, but I also would not set foot in his home if she was there. This led to accusations of me being childish, and accusations by my family about how I was ruining my father's happiness after he had picked himself up after much difficulty.

The wedding was 6 months ago. There had been no messages between us. I looked at the sunshine, the children walking happily as they held their parents' hands and felt a pang of regret.

He was all I had. Maybe it was my turn to be the adult and although I could not understand his choice, I missed him. I even missed the silly dad jokes, the inside jokes only we would get.

I stepped back and took a picture of the "For Sail" sign and sent it to dad.

His reply came quickly "Well, it's a-boat time."



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Its a-boat time you were famous. I’d like to put a for-sail sign on that and see how much fan mail I’d get for you. You are brilliant ❤️💕🤗

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Poignant, lean, effective. Your prose works well here, every word a powerful agent delivering your message. Great arc, great use of the prompt.

Thank you for sharing this with us and for engaging with others in the community.

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The word used on this story was excellent, nice writing

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A bittersweet story of learning to come to terms with the choices that loved ones make and we are unable to prevent.

One small piece of feedback that I can provide is regarding the writing of numbers. I think that the general rule is that if your sentence starts with a number, then it needs to be spelled out.

5 years after my mother had passed away,

It should read: Five years after...

Likewise, when a number is lower than 10, then it should be spelled out

The wedding was 6 months ago.

It should read: The wedding was six months ago.

I enjoyed reading this beautiful story.

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Lovely pun use here. Your story is amazing. I'm glad you got back with your dad. With his quick response, he really missed you.

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Excellent message, short and concise @diebitch

To rethink our decisions and have the courage to rectify them out of love is magnificent.

The protagonist was depriving herself of being with her father just because she did not like the choice he made.

In the end she had a happy ending

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