Less really is more sometimes. Pam Mayfield paints a poignant picture of three sisters with just 121 words in this nonfiction story. Enjoy!
Three Sisters
by Pam Mayfield
In our first house I bunked in a bedroom shared with two younger sisters. We had a double bed the three of us shared, each of us always claiming the same spots: Theresa next to the wall, me on the outside, and Jeannie in the middle. Having been fed by Alfred Hitchcock the stuff of nightmares, Theresa faced the wall to look out for creatures breaking through it, while I was facing outward, ready for the fight, if needed, with any intruders. Jeannie, always protected, was in the middle.
In the morning, Theresa and I would often wake with our hair completely entwined in Jeannie's little hands, as she had wrapped our hair round and round her fingers as she slept.
Pam Mayfield is an animal lover who admits to not always getting enough sleep.
Oh, Pam, this is exceptional.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I too, would have been facing out.