The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge was first held in 2010. The challenge is that we have to post every day of April, except on the four Sundays. April 1st is a theme with letter A, 2nd with letter B and so on till April 30th which will be Z themed. This year, I’m planning to do short pieces of fiction (not a series), or a poem based on a word with that letter.
The paper boats bobbed in the shallow waters near the edge of sea.
Rani, the fisherman’s daughter, watched them from near her home. She had made them earlier in the afternoon.
“Amma,” she called to her mother who was inside. Raindrops were beginning to fall slowly, and the clouds above them were turning darker with every minute.
Gayathri, her mother, came outside, and sat next to her.
“Amma, will my boats be safe in the rain?” Rani asked her, worried.
As she held her Rani close, Gayathri looked at the boats, and then at the horizon, her expression the same as her daughter’s.
“We can only hope, Rani. We can only hope, and pray that they be safe.”
The fishermen’s boats bobbed somewhere near the horizon.
To write 26 days in a month on a theme, a moral support is quite useful I feel. This year, I’m taking the challenge along with my friend Bhavya. We’re writing on the same themes each day, and giving each other the themes on alternate days. Day 18, the word chosen by me was RAIN.
(21st April 2014)
Hope is a miraculous thing. It can take us through our darkest days and most difficult moments. Another brilliant and soulful tale 🙂
Yes, hope is quite necessary indeed, Jb. Thank you.
Wonderful overlaying of the two views.
Thanks, Prathima!
Hope and faith keeps us going. Nothing is lost as long as there is hope.
Thanks, Suzy 🙂
I can visualise Gayathri, and Rani 🙂 such a sweet tale full of hope, Leo 🙂
thanks, Sree 🙂
A child’s play is so beautifully set against the real life of its father !
Thank you very much, Vasudha!
aah ! How quickly u connected the paper boat and the hope for the real boat and life of fisher men
Good one 🙂
I’m becoming fond of shorter length stories I guess, Afshan 😛 Thank you very much.
In the end, we can only hope. Lovely little story Leo.
Yes, we can only hope! Thank you Sfoo!
Hope is what eggs us to move on in life and continue to strive. Beautiful little story 🙂
thanks, Nirmal!
Hope is a beautiful thing. It helps us get past things that we aren’t yet aware of.
Thanks, Soumya!
I love how you connected the two.
Thanks, Shail 🙂
Rain….we either love or hate it. It’s fine if it comes at the right times.
Yep. Doesn’t come when we feel it’s right though 🙂 Thanks, Michelle.
Interesting story. A wonderful comparison between thoughts of girl and her mom.
Thanks, Shrikant! 🙂
I hope so too – that her boats are safe from nature’s fury
I hope so too, Pixie!