PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson
“MOM!”
“What is it?” mom asked.
“Mom, there is something wrong with the Birch tree!”
“Oh no, what’s wrong with it?” Mom comes over and looks out the window with her daughter and sees clear liquid dripping from the bare branches and grins.
Seeing no humor in the situation, Dalyn starts to tear up. The tree was oozing from every twig.
Wiping a tear away from her daughter’s cheek she says, “There is nothing wrong with your tree sweetheart. That is what it does when it is sad. It misses the warm summer weather. All will be well in the spring.”
This is my entry for Friday Fictioneers December 6, 2017 hosted by our lovely Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. It is a wonderful challenge. Please follow the link below to give it a try!! 
Such a sweet story…loved it!
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Thank you! 💜
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Oh, poor little girl to need her mum’s reassurance.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Yes.. she wasn’t sure what the ice was. 😉
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She did… she had no idea what ice was. 😢
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What a lovely way to explain it. Sweet story.
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Thank you Iain!!
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That was so sweet (to think this was caused by the silly people who forgot to turn off their watering system for the winter!)
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That could have been the reason for sure. I was living in Western KY during the historic ice storm. It was a scary and difficult time but the trees were spectacular!
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Here is ’98, the ice storm was a scary thing. I kind of regret not taking pictures but being 8 no the pregnant, was not so inclined to go out…
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Soft-hearted child, wise mom. Nicely done 🙂
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Thank you granonine! 😉
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Dear Courtney,
What a lovely way to explain seasonal change to a child. Sweet story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle!! I appreciate that! 😙💕
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Awww cute story. So nice to see you post again.
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Thanks Al. I didn’t realize it had been so long until I went to write this today. 😲 But tomorrow is my last day of class then I have finals next week. Then I am on break until the last week of Jan! 👱♀️
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Yay so hopefully more posts ☺
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The tree is sad because it doesn’t have a squirrel in it!
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It COULD use a squirrel. I agree! That would make any tree happy! 😁
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Only the innocent eyes of a child can see when mother nature is hurting. Lovely story.
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Thank you so much. Sometimes we need to look at this world through the eyes of a child. We would all gain a different perspective I think. 😉
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Sweet story. My grandmother was an excellent spinner of such fantasies on nature – it was an essential part of my childhood.
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So was mine. It was kind of where I came up with the idea. It sounded just like something she would say. 💖
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Aw, that is sweet.
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Thanks! I was going for sweet.. 😉
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✔️😁
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beautiful!
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Thank you Anie!
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“Mom – will it be a long time ’til summer?” Sweet tale, Courtney!
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Ahh… thanks Penny!! It can’t get here soon enough for me! I hate winter. It was 27 degrees tgis morning when we got up!! 🤤
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“Summer starts in your heart, as soon as you want to, sweety!”…in fact spring would also already nice! I wished I could do a hibernation!
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No kidding!! I always have a warm heart 😉
I just don’t like winter… at all!!
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I did not mean you! hahaha..this was the answer for the little one….if a kid is sad you hug ist and bring a funny story to make it laugh….when am adult is sad it´s most more difficult, but to tell him to let the sunshine in helps perhaps a little bit?
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I love the innocence of the child’s perspective and her mother’s wise explanation. Well done.
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Thank you so much. I think we should all look through the eyes of a child from time to time 😉
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really nice … and all will be well in spring resonates as we exit
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ahhhh
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Thanks prior… I appreciate that and I am glad it resonated with you. Spring can’t come fast enough for me!!
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well even though we just had our first snowfall – (we have mild winters) myself and a few neighbors have a few little sprigs of gladiolas emerging – they look so funny with their little shoots coming out – but it is like this whisper of spring – ya know
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A lovely way to somfort her daughter.
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Comfort!
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Yes it was… thank you Elizabeth! 😙
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Very nice!
Scott
Mine: https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/fall-of-our-discontent/
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Thanks Scott!
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Nice little scene, quality parenting time, and an imaginative take on the prompt. Well done!
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Thank you Christine. It was the first thing I thought of.
😉 Thanks so much for stopping by!!
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SWEET response from mom and understandable confusion and concern on daughter’s part. I’m with the birch tree – just waiting for Spring. When I try and take a walk in the winter here in NE, my eyes water from the cold and my eyelashes freeze into icicles. Always a short walk. ;-0
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Thank you Pamela.
I can’t imagine living in that climate again. I’m happy to have my 75 degree days in Dec 😉
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Wise words from Mom. Lovely. Good writing, Courtney. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Thanks Suzanne! It is some thing I think I would have told my daughter. 😉
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It is always good if mothers know what is the best to tell their children.
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Yes it is… sadly I don’t always have the right words at the right time but I try. 😉
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as they were little I had always good stories for them to explain or motivate them ( for example to stop sucking dummy). Now as they are nearly grown up it is more diffficult, but it works still, because they know already that I´m always a little bit different in explaining things…
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Nice…
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Thank you Aman!!
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You are welcome…:-)
and you can visit my blog too…;-)
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We explain to understand, I think, sometimes. And we have to explain because of our kids. So we learn and understand better in the process. I love this about parenthood.
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Being a parent is so hard… even when they are 30 years old! Today has been such a day too. Crisis with animals can be just as bad no matter the age. *sigh*
Thanks for stopping by Eli! 😚<3
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I’ll never look at winter the same way again…
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😙
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