The Job that she hated #WriteBravely

Read Part 1 of the short story here.

Karthika has always dreamed of taking up higher studies and becoming a doctor.

Unfortunately, her dreams were shattered when she lost her father in a serious accident. She has to discontinue her graduation to support her family.

When her neighborhood school needed a maths teacher urgently, she had to join for money.

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She never liked the kids and doesn't have any patience to deal with their mischievousness. But, slowly the happy smiles of cute children, their curiosity, affection, and innocence changed something inside her. Now, teaching is not a job but has become a part of her life.

Until next time,

Linking this to Write Tribe Festival of words June 2018 hosted by Corinne. #WriteBravely

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Read Part 3 here.

Time Heals and Experience Teaches #WriteBravely

While Karthika is sipping her favorite coffee in the morning, her mind wandered through her past. 

The torturous life with a possessive husband who didn't trust her, a painful divorce, initial struggles of establishing a business without any support and the success that followed. Life was never easy but she didn't give up. Life's up and downs taught her many important lessons. 

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Read part 2 of the story here.

Until next time,

Linking this to Write Tribe Festival of Words. #WriteBravely. This is the first part of a fiction series. 

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A Priceless gift #NaBloPoMo #day26

Shruthi is tired asusual taking care of her 6 month old kid, feeding whom is tougher than any other task in the world.

When she received a phone call that her mom was seriously ill, she drove for 2 hrs to reach their native with her husband and kid.

Mom looked healthy and said happily, "Sorry for creating a tension dear , here is the reservation in ITC Grand for a dinner and a night stay for you both. Relax, while we take care of our grandson."

Shruthi hugged her mom with teary eyes and said, "Mom, you know the best".

Until next time,

Linking this 100 word fiction to #FridayFotoFiction hosted by Tina and Mayuri.

This is my day 26 post for #NaBloPoMo challenge.

The curse of a butterfly - #BARathon day #1

Nita is excited to see a beautiful flower bloom in her garden. While she is about to see the flower from nearer, a colorful beautiful butterfly caught her attention. The butterfly looked amazing and unique. Nita wanted to touch it, but before she realized, the damage happened. Her hands brushed the soft wings of butterfly crushing them into pieces. The butterfly fell down.

A soul emerged from the butterfly slowly taking a vicious form before Nita's eyes cursing her immeadiate death.

Before she even realized what happened, two soft hands gripped her throat tight. When she struggled to release those hands with her full strength, breathing heavily, her sleep is disturbed by her daughter’s sad face screaming at her for throwing her down.

Atlast, Nita managed to convince her dear daughter about the nasty dream which was stranger than fiction.

Linking this to BARaThon hosted by Shailaja here.

Until next time,

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A Vacation and a Promotion #FridayReflections

Arti felt relaxed for the first time after 6 months of hectic work schedule.

She almost forgot taking rest and spending quality time with family because of this project.

Now, she is on a vacation. Wow! Relaxing time with family, enjoying the nature!

Mobile beeps (buzz..)

Oh, an email from office.

Great, I got a promotion! :-)

 But, what?

I have to attend an important meeting tomorrow with leadership on the same? No option to postpone too with all the big heads involved  :-(

Time to book a return flight ticket. It will be a big break in my career.

Until next time,

Linking this to #FridayReflections hosted by Sanch and Corinne. Picture source by Sanch.

Danger zone in the beach

Linking this to the Fiction Challenge ‘From 15 to 50′ hosted by Shailaja V of The moving Quill

It was a wonderful evening for Srija on the beach

Waves coming off one after the other, kissing her feet and going away

She didn't realize that she was in a danger zone

Until her happiness went away by a 6 foot high tsunami like wave.

Word Prompt: Happiness

Phrase Prompt: On the beach

Word count: 46

Until next time,

#flash fiction #from 15 to 50

Growing saplings #Flash Fiction

7 year old Pragya daily waters the seeds

Planted in beautiful pots three in a row

To capture different stages of growing saplings for a school project

Excited she is!  One day, when she zoomed in her camera lens

Alas, found the washed out saplings due to previous day’s rain.

Linking this to the Fiction Challenge ‘From 15 to 50′ hosted here.

Phrase prompt: Three in a row

Word count: 50

Until next time,

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