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Changes – #FridayFictioneers – April 19, 2024

Photo Prompt @ Rochelle Wisoff

She stopped at a gift shop in the airport. She was looking for a gift for Amy, who she was going to visit.

Amy, her friend, wasn’t as welcoming as

usual. Amy didn’t seem herself and it was an uncomfortable visit. Amy was

critical and cold. She left two days early. After she got home, they didn’t

talk again. 

Several years passed. She ran into Clifton,

another friend from graduate school. She found out Amy had been diagnosed with

obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now she understood her criticism. 

Twenty years later, she still thought of Amy. The two friends never spoke again.

Thanks to Rochelle for hosting #FridayFictioneers!

Author:

Freelance writer, blogger, aspiring novelist. Former career as a college prof in finance. Encore career as freelance writer for a number of financial websites.

21 thoughts on “Changes – #FridayFictioneers – April 19, 2024

  1. I’m curious about the coldness and criticism coming with the OCD. Perhaps Amy was critical because her old friend wasn’t as neat as Amy? Or was she disorganized? Seems to me there’s something else going on here, but perhaps that’s just because of my background as a therapist.

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  2. What a sad story. Good memories are nice to have but when the last memory is such an awkward one, it’ll always be sad for her. Maybe Amy couldn’t help herself and was ashamed to be seen like that at the same time.

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  3. I often contemplate our ability to drift apart, or our inability to keep in touch. It’s insane how the tiniest things can drive a wedge between people or time can create canyons.

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  4. I often contemplate our ability to drift apart, or our inability to keep in touch. It’s insane how the tiniest things can drive a wedge between people or time can create canyons.

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  5. Nicely done. It’s only in hindsight and with new knowledge that past behaviour can be properly understood. Still, it’s a shame it ever gets to that point. I

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