Eastward Bound

A young family recovering from a painful separation moves from their coastal home to the prairies to seek new job opportunities. No one is excited and uncertainty permeates the vehicle

The young mother sulked along with her children passengers as they drove East towards the prairies they abandoned long ago

Away from the lullabies of the Pacific and the protection of towering evergreens

A barren road before them, they stare with sullen expressions out of the frosty windows

Rolling into town past quiet and desolate farmland, Mother spots a tree standing lonely in a snow covered field.

With a flair for the dramatic she exclaimed "Aha! There's a tree! Perhaps the only one in this town"

Eyes roll in unison from the back seat, but they've arrived.

Stepping through the door of the tiny apartment in a new town, life begins again and again

Author's Note

Based on a real experience

Reviews

[VALORMORE DE PLUME]

Hi Rachel.
Your lead in packs a punch. Separation can get ugly.
Your valiant cross country trek, is portrayed here as sad. The (unknown) of new places brings mixed feelings. Hope, Worry, Great expectations and troubling woes filter through the mind.
Poetry and story telling is all about what "feelings" feel like.
I understand how emotional closeness to the writing, makes crashing waves on the shores of our heart, yet this is the meat of the story. In most cases, these intense events take time to look at objectively, and then write into Being.
You will do great things.