Photo prompt: © Linda Kreger
“Hope the driver remembers.” Ella fretted.
Lynn shrugged. “He’ll have to run us over if he forgot.”
“You two, line up already and stop the chatter!”
“Shush, Jerry! Let us cherish the fruits of our labor.”
“Your labor?! Who manned the table saw and has more splinters than a cactus?”
“Poor Bearded Baby … I sanded them all! Quiet, here she comes!”
The van stopped at the cul-de-sac. The driver walked around to the rear and wheeled Mama down.
“Welcome home, Mama Jean!”
“Hey, Ella, ditch the camera! No slackers till the Driving Mrs. Mama Home Train clears the ramp!”
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Na'ama Yehuda 
So much fun, Na’ama
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Might as well have fun with a ramp! Built-in-race material, that becomes! 😉
(good for baby-strollers, suitcases, skateboards, and all manner of experimentation … ;))
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And when it ices up , Yahoo.
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LOL, when it ices up it comes ‘standard’ with a frequent-flyer to the ER. … 😉
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😂
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🙂
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A ramp! Now that’s thoughtful of them,
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🙂 I’ve known it to happen … 😉
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Ha, lovely story 🙂
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🙂 Thank you, Iain! 🙂
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That was fun!
I’m still stuck on this one.
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Thanks, Dale!
I’m sure it’ll be delightful when it flows, and … this is FRIDAY Fictioneers … just because we’d (many of us) gotten used to jumpin right away to write in on a WEDNESDAY doesn’t make it the only time to write one. I say, go for it when you go for it! I’ll be happy to read it anytime. 🙂
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🙂
Yeah, yeah… I prefer to do it on Wednesday because it gives me time to read ’em all..
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I hear ya. I’ll still be happy to read it whenever! 🙂 Had my week when for all manner of reasons it waited for another day (or two, or three) 🙂
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Hey. I’m doing something I never do – I’m reading others to make sure I don’t have the same thing…
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Well, always can try new things, eh?
(I admit I’m like you and never read others’ stuff before I write mine, BUT, it doesn’t mean I may never decide to do so — it’s isn’t against the rules or anything!) 🙂
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I never do… or almost never do. It’s when I am afraid that I am going down a potentially common path that I “check”…
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I don’t think there’s one right way. I think there is how we each tend to do things, for whatever reasons we feel we’d want to do them that way … and then there are the other ways we can do things, and perhaps sometimes experiment with, because — why not? And anyway, I bet there are many who read others’ stuff FIRST and feel that this is a way for them to get the muses awake? Who knows, eh? Checking ain’t a bad way, me think! 🙂
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Oh I know there are some who read everyone else’s before. Usually I know where I’m going and I don’t want to be influenced by what I read. Other times I need a nudge. This time I read 12-15 stories to ensure no one went down my path (who knows? I might have missed that one who did…) All good, I say
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I’m gonna dash over to read yours now!
And … I’m generally like you – I only read other stories after I’d written mine, because I just go with wherever it takes me and I prefer less ‘influence’ from what others saw in the prompt. But, like you, I can’t say that I will never read others’ work before mine — if I felt like it would be the way to go a certain day, I can’t see why not!
🙂
Hugzees, Na’ama
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Sweet.
Yeah. It is so very rare for me to do this… but hey, in this case it was to seek confirmation that I was being original 😉
Hugzees right back!
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You-riginal! 🙂
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Haha!
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😀
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Na’ama Y’karah,
A labor of love well told in dialogue. I could just hear and see them. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Yay, Rochelle! So glad they got some realness on them for ya through the words – the photo is so delicious to write about, it did half the work! 🙂
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What a wonderful, loving story 🙂
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Thanks, Linda! It isn’t that far from reality in a few families I know (and I think, many I don’t know but welcome family members home whose abilities have changed). 🙂 Here’s to love.
Na’ama
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I enjoyed the flow of this story, Na’ama.
I felt the caring all through. Lovely write …
Isadora 😎
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Thank you Isadora! 🙂 The photo was so delightful, it led the story already … And it WAS fun to write! 🙂 So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
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Love your take on the prompt.
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Thank you, Jo! It was fun to write it! 🙂
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Enjoyed. I can imagine the excitement between them. 🙂
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🙂 Thanks, Crispina! It was such a delightful photo to write about! 🙂
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Mmmm.
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🙂
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Hey, someone’s got to photograph the big moment 🙂
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Truth, that! 🙂
And now that she’s done photographing … she’s urged to add her push to the caboose … 😉
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Nice story and the picture has gone in so many ways – Different interpretations which are fun to read. Nice!
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Thank you, Nan! What makes Friday Fictioneers so lovely is how many different ways a photo can take people! 🙂
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Mama need not worry. There are enough people to move her around.
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True, that! 🙂
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A ramp can either be a help or not. I read a piece a woman columnist wrote about breaking her ankle on a poorly-made one. I think in this case it will be a big help. A well-written story, Na’ama. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Oy vey to a ramp that did do its job! But, yeah, it is best to make things well, especially if they are to be of assistance to those who are already a little less than well in some way or ability. SO … Yeah, I’m with you on the better be a BIG help (and I think that indeed it would be!) 🙂
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I enjoyed this story, I have made one or two ramps over the years, it has always been worth doing, fortunately none of them failed
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I’m glad you enjoyed it, Michael! My family had built its share over time (with more or less professional help), and fortunately none have failed, either. They do work wonders for baby-strollers and wheeled luggage, which becomes an excellent bonus. 🙂
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