26 years ago, this car was just a rusted metal crap in my grandpop’s old garage. It was left to decay and die its natural death until I was born. Once my painter parents learned their first child will be a girl, they christened the car with colours. We’re like twins born on that fateful summer day.
With thousand trips this car has took me and my family, today is both the happiest and the saddest.
Tonight this car won’t bring me home any more, cause it is now my turn to create a home I will call my own.
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Word count: 100
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Photo credit: Saima (SWritings) of Dollops of Heedful Ramblings
In response to Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers (FFfAW) May 10, 2016.
Rules:
- a flash fiction challenge (stories in 100-175 words or less)
- each story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end
- no serial (continuation) stories
- include a pingback to the challenge post
Thank you for the lovely prompt, Priceless Joy! 
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Awww, how sweet. The car was pretty much born when she was born and now is going to carry her to her new home of her own! I love your spin to the prompt, Rosema! Sweet story!
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Awww! Love your poetic comment, PJ!!! 🙂 You got it so right!!! 🙂
Thank you very much! I so loooove your prompt this week. It imbues positive aura!
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I’m so glad you are enjoying this week’s prompt! It’s fun seeing the stories coming from it!
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that is true! It is fascinating how a single beautiful image create diverse stories, right? 😀
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It really does! Everyone sees something different and creates such wonderful stories!
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That is so true!! 😀
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Lovely take. I like how her life and the life of the car mirrored each other in her old home, but I suppose she is starting fresh now? New car too?
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Thank you, Mandi! 🙂 Her twin-car becomes her bridal car. She’s starting a new home. 🙂 And I guess her husband will give her a new car, too. 🙂
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Yes, I imagined it would bring her to her new home 🙂 thanks for clarifying.
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You got it so right, dear Mandi! Thank you! 😉
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It’s a very beautiful story with all the necessary emotions in it. I especially like the ending 🙂
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Thank you very much, Madeeha. Your words fill my heart with smiles. ❤
It is nice to see you here. 🙂 ❤
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My pleasure reading it 🙂
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Aww. thank you very much, Madeeha! 😉
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Bittersweet… but more of the sweetness. Isn’t it amusing how something could practically be a part of our lives? I hope she could take the car with her though. Can she? 🙂 Lovely story, Rosema! ❤
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Yay! thank you dearie! 🙂 I believe she can. I believe her parents would allow that. 🙂 It’s just she becomes nostalgic and forgot to ask! 😀
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YAY!! That’s a relief… 😀 So happy she’ll be having a happy ending. ^^
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Yeah… she and her car. 😀
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A beautiful short story. 🙂
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Thank you very much, Ishita! ❤
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Love the way the car has been around all her life from the beginning of her life to her stepping into the new life.
Beautifully put 🙂
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awww. That is so sweet of you to say, Era! ❤ Thank you!!!
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Nicely put 🙂 btw the white mosque painted on the door of that car in the picture is near my home 😛
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Hi Shoaib! 🙂 WOW!!! That’s awesome!!!
Thank you! 😉
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Yeah it is awesome 😛 you’re welcome 🙂
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Cool! 🙂 Thanks, again!
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You’re welcome again :p
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🙂
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Oh I LOVE what you did with this!
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yay! thank you, my Muse! ❤
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Welcome 🙂
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❤ ❤ ❤
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🙂
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Awww. The car is now a part of her that she’d pass on to her kids too. I love the emotional direction you took this story. Wonderful
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Yes, that is so true Ameena. It will be like an heirloom now. 🙂
Thank you very much! 🙂
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That’s such a sweet story.. 😀
I hope her parents allow her to take this car regardless of whether she gets/ buys a new car at her hubby’s place…
Great one Rosema 😀 ❤ ❤
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Yay! Thank you, Srivi! I think that will be her parents surprise gift to her. 😉
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🙂 that’ll be an awesome gift 😀
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I agree! 😀
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Very poignant and sweet.
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oh thank you very much, Jenn! 🙂
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A sweet story, Rosema. 🙂 Hopefully she’ll be able to take the car with her as she starts a new life with her new husband. It seems a shame for them to be parted.
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I think it will be the surprise wedding gift of her parents to her and her husband. 🙂
Thank you very much! 🙂
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aww this is a such a sweet story, I love your spin on the image. I would never have seen this story in the thousand words this image says 🙂
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Geez! What a lovely comment that was, Mel! 🙂 ❤ Really, thank youuuu!
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You deserve it 🙂 and You’re welcome 🙂
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Awww. so sweet of you! 😀
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A very poignant story. I think this would be a great way to kick off a new life: with spontaneity and beautiful color 🙂
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I would agree, Jade! It’s great to face a new phase of life with the things that mattered since your birth. Agree? 🙂
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I absolutely agree! A little bit of old and a little bit of new 🙂
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You got it so right! 🙂
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A really sweet story, which for some reason reminds me of my dad’s Renault that he bought just after I was born.
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awww. that’s awesome!!! 😀 where is it now?
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