She watched the busy birds as they flew to and fro building their nest. ‘They will have babies soon’, she mused. ‘And I never will,’ crept in the thought unwillingly. It was weeks since she’d lost her unborn child and the hope of ever having one. Days passed but she stayed in bed feeling drained. Drained of energy and emotion, she lay watching that nest, staring with unseeing eyes.
One morning she woke up to the lively ‘cheep cheep’ of tiny birds. And then suddenly it moved.. that lump in heart. ‘Let’s adopt a baby’, she said to her husband.
It’s Day 6 of the Marathon Bloggers Drabble Week and the topic for the 100 word drabble is Suddenly it moved..
Yay to a great new beginning!! And that was a beautiful take on the prompt, Tulika 🙂
Lovely concept…Beautiful, how the chirping birds made her think of new beginnings 🙂
ohh.. Well that is veyr nice.. I do wish we should all adopt a child .. there are so many misfortunates..
Bikram
True Vikram.. If only!
Such a beautiful drabble. I loved the unfolding of emotion here. Novel interpretation of the prompt!
Thank you Shailaja.
So glad she thought of adopting, lovely post.
Yes I was glad too for her.
Do you have any idea how close this is to my story? Almost exactly the way it happened. Thank you for the sweet memory
Glad I touched a chord Carol. And you're welcome :-).
what a nice take on the prompt, Tulika..a beautiful thought and story!
Thank you Uma.
Wow…am sure this tiny little thought will develop t be a great story in their life…sometimes we get inspired by tiny things around us
Yes and inspiration strikes when we least expect it to, sometimes.
Cute story.
Thanks Suzy.