The little roadside stand didn’t get a lot of business. Granny tried to shelter from the blazing sun under the old beach umbrella, but she kept having to move it as the sun travelled across the sky.
“Why do they put an old woman like me out here to bake under the sun?” she wondered. “I could be a lot more helpful inside that air-conditioned house. I could watch the baby. Or prep the veggies for supper. But they put me out here”- — – she gasped, clutching her chest as she hit the ground- – -“To DIE!”
Just Writing! 
Oh! I wasn’t expecting that ending. But probably neither was she
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Neither was I.
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I think she answered her own question in a very convincing way. Heart-rending.
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Thanks, Sandra.
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Dear Linda,
It sounds as if Granny has a handle on what’s going on. Tragic ending. Heartless family. Thought provoking story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks 🙂
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This story is well crafted. I guess she got her answer.
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Indeed.
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That’s just sad.
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Yes. Very.
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Very interesting tale and well told.
I’d have moved into the shady woods and left the stand to run itself. 🙂
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Good idea, Christine!
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One has to move something if one stays under an umbrella for too long.
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My take is the family knew exactly what they were doing placing Granny out in the sun…! Wicked!
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Yes. Most wicked.
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Awww … sad. But the truth is, I can attest to this, the older we get the more
difficult it is to tolerate heat. I wish they could have relaized that. Touching, Linda.
Isadora 😎
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Thank you!
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Well, that got dark. I hope Granny revised her will to leave out whoever stuck her out there.
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It surprised me even as I wrote it. I’m thinking Granny didn’t have much to leave to anyone–the family had already used it up.
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Mine surprised me too. I just wrote a few lines at a time and ended up where I ended up.
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Don’t you love it when that happens? As if someone else has control of your fingers 🙂
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Yes, autopilot is nice sometimes.
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I don’t think I like ‘they’!
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Certainly not! Nasty people.
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Oh, dear, that has not gone well. I wonder who will take her place? Well twisted. 🙂
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Thanks, Bill. I was just as surprised as anyone else!
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Any society that does not venerate its elderly is doomed. I am heartbroken knowing how the US treats its elderly.
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I agree. The rise of the nursing home has made it entirely too easy for us to stack in those places until they die. I worked in one, a pretty decent place, while earning my master’s. But the reality is that they’re the last stop before the grave. Many forgotten people in there.
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😦 Very shameful and sad situation. There are decent ones I’m sure, but some dark dealings go on in those places that I’ve unfortunately seen up close and personal over the past couple of months.
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Yes, you’re right. Elder abuse is a real thing.
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Question answered. Very sad and very good story.
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Thanks 🙂
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sad story. on a bright sunny day, it suddenly got dark. 😦
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Good observation. It did go dark, surprised me as much as it did anyone else 🙂
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I’m sure they knew what they were doing. I almost felt guilty clicking ‘Liked’!
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Aw poor old granny!! 🙂
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Even if she has a dark side that is cruel
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We all have a dark side, don’t we? Good thing we’re not treated like Granny was.
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Oh, how sad. I gasped with her at the ending. Heart breaking twist.
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Thanks, Brenda.
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Poor Gran. What a cruel family.
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She wants to be useful right until the end. How sad. Not a good way to finish up, and I concur with the previous comments about the tragedy of elder abuse in our culture.
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Great ending!
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Poor Granny! The family didn’t give her the respect that she deserved.
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I wonder if the parents realize the precedent they have established.
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Very good question. What goes around, comes around…
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Unexpected and heartbreaking end, Linda. Poor Granny.
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Oh no, poor Granny 😦 Quite an unexpected end.
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Yes–it was for me, too!
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