In a family full of rowdy boys, she was our little angel. Never a whimper, or complaint, she always smiled. Tiny from birth, she looked like a porcelain doll, our perfect little lady. We thought she was the answer to our prayers. We didn’t realize the answer instead was, “no.”
Thin spiral notebook 
I want to echo what everyone else has said, Tara. This work says so much in so few words. Beautiful!
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Such a big story in so few words!
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It’s always the happy ones.
Great tiny piece. I imagined a novel from this.
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I was trying to think of a word to describe how this story affected me. Powerful is as close as I can come.
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Great piece, Tara! Very evocative and a complete story in 50 words.
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There is a reason for those things that happen to us. It maybe hard to understand. Peace be with you.
Leslie
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Thank you, Leslie for your concern. Please note that this short piece was fiction, and not a personal event in my life. The stone is located in a historic cemetery in Pensacola, and dates to the late 1800s.
Tara
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Thought the stone looked rather aged. I’m glad it wasn’t a personal loss. I remember the grave site of Chopin in Pere Le Chase cemetery in Paris. It was of a beautiful woman in a thoughtful pose. Love letters were tucked into her hand. These were recent letters too.
Leslie
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This cemetery is one of my favorite spots in Pensacola. There are families interred there dating prior to the founding of the city. It is beautiful.
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Nothing like getting a sense of history from walking through an old graveyard.
Leslie
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