The last token (haibun)

Tournesol Haibun, Haiku 2015-03-262015-03-26 1 Minute

They spent March break at Mont Tremblant, skiing, skating and eating way too much. Her mother and step-father wanted to reward her for working so hard all year. Her marks had gone from C’s to A’s. Annie-Pierre had not skied since her father died of a heart attack on their Christmas vacation at Mont Ste Anne. He had started when she was ten years old, giving her a special marble each Christmas representing places they visited together. She had 5 now but was missing the very last one he gave her that Christmas. When paramedics arrived, she had run out to the ambulance begging to be with her father and she had dropped her last Christmas token he would ever give her.

last travel keepsake
crafted with sparkle and glass
lost forever

Written for MindLoveMiserysMenagerie Photo Challenge

Published by Tournesol

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Published 2015-03-262015-03-26

8 thoughts on “The last token (haibun)”

summerstommy2 says:

2015-03-26 at 05:52

Ce est si triste, mais ce que une série de souvenirs d’avoir à se souvenir de son père. Magnifiquement écrit Chery-Lyn …

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-03-26 at 05:54
  
  Merci,Michael, ça me faisait penser à mon dernier cadeau j’ai eu de mon père en mars pour ma fête avant qu’il nous quitte.
  
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The Muscleheaded Blog says:

2015-03-26 at 08:37

Sad, and wonderful write.

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-03-26 at 15:06
  
  Thank, Chris 🙂
  
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C.C. says:

2015-03-27 at 20:45

Very tragically moving.

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-03-28 at 03:39
  
  Thank you for reading and your kind words:)
  
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readinpleasure says:

2015-04-07 at 16:52

Poignant, my dear. 🙂

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1. Tournesol (Clr) says:
  
  2015-04-07 at 23:23
  
  thanks, glad you enjoyed the story:)
  
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