She No Longer Chases Butterflies..by Michael

Laura and her nine year old daughter spent a week at the same summer resort that they had been going to over the years. She was a single mother raising her daughter alone as her divorce was shortly after her daughter was born. Mom dozed off on her lounge chair as Laura walked around the edge of the outdoor pool. The lifeguard kept an eye on her as she seemed to be unsupervised. A butterfly caught her attention as she ran around trying to catch it. The nine year old lost track of where she was and fell into the deep end of the pool. Laura didn't know how to swim. The lifeguard immediately dove in as the rest of people there gasped and screamed at this unexpected event. This woke Laura up as she then realized that it was her daughter who was in grave danger of drowning. The lifeguard pulled her out of the pool just in time as a life was saved. Larry introduced himself as she just hugged him and cried at the same time. No ambulance was needed as her daughter was just fine but a little shaken up at this unforeseen event. Larry had a nine year old son and was a single father raising his son alone as his divorce was shortly after his son was born. The daughter and son got along just fine as all four of them spent the rest of the summer together for an extended stay. It was one year later that the kids now had a mom and dad to raise them. His son taught her daughter swim how to swim in the deep end of the pool. She no longer chases butterflies....

 

 

 

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Author's Note

See my 17 published books of short stories on my web site www.michaelreisman.net

Reviews

[Kirsty Anne]

A nice story :) just one thing, at the beginning you say "Laura and her 9 year old daughter"
isn't Laura supposed to be the 9 year old daughter?
Other than that, it's really nice :)

[Michael Reisman]

Looks like I got my names mixed up. Sorry :)