All's Well That Ends Well
Dealing with a the aftermath of a tornado.20 total reviews
Comment from Cindy Warren
It's funny how it sometimes takes a disaster for someone to start over. I'm tempted to burn my house down! LOL, just kidding. But I'll admit I accept status quo until something happens to shake things up. It's not always a bad thing.
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2020
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It's funny how it sometimes takes a disaster for someone to start over. I'm tempted to burn my house down! LOL, just kidding. But I'll admit I accept status quo until something happens to shake things up. It's not always a bad thing.
Comment Written 11-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 11-Jul-2020
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Thank you for the review and comments. I've had to start over twice and my daughter once and it's always worked for the best. Still there a lot of work and anguish involved. I don't want to do it again.
Beth
Comment from Sankey
What a great story. Is this true or not? You say fiction so I guess not true. Very real though. Picture appropriate and hey...NO SPAGS! Well done, now back to your life story.
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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What a great story. Is this true or not? You say fiction so I guess not true. Very real though. Picture appropriate and hey...NO SPAGS! Well done, now back to your life story.
Comment Written 10-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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It is true. The only thing that was fictional was the words I say were not exactly the same but close. I see you know who I am. My youngest even burned down my house. I haven't gotten that far yet.
Comment from Melissa Russell Deur
I'm glad things worked out well for your daughter and husband! You sound like the calm voice in the storm. There was a moment when I thought this was going to be a humorous story: "Everything turned out okay when you burned our house down." I thought maybe your daughter was jinxed. There's another story to tell!
You are missing ending quotation marks after your first and last paragraphs.
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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I'm glad things worked out well for your daughter and husband! You sound like the calm voice in the storm. There was a moment when I thought this was going to be a humorous story: "Everything turned out okay when you burned our house down." I thought maybe your daughter was jinxed. There's another story to tell!
You are missing ending quotation marks after your first and last paragraphs.
Comment Written 10-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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Thank you so much for the review and comments. Yes there is another story because she did burn our house down when she was ten. I'll get around to telling it. I did throw that in for humor.
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I'll look forward to that story!
Comment from write hand blue
Hi there. I thought that this was a true story as soon as I read it. I'm so glad that you had a good insurance policy through a decent company.
This is an interesting and well written account of a terrible example of what nature at it's fiercest can do. You and your family were lucky to survive. Good luck in the contest. ~Mel~
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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Hi there. I thought that this was a true story as soon as I read it. I'm so glad that you had a good insurance policy through a decent company.
This is an interesting and well written account of a terrible example of what nature at it's fiercest can do. You and your family were lucky to survive. Good luck in the contest. ~Mel~
Comment Written 10-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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Thank you for the review and comments. It pays to have good insurance because you never know what may happen.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
I enjoyed the positivity here in your story that from devastation we can build a new life that was better than before and we wear the scars of the experience and learn from it, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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I enjoyed the positivity here in your story that from devastation we can build a new life that was better than before and we wear the scars of the experience and learn from it, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
Comment Written 10-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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Dolly, I had everything totally destroyed twice myself. Once a storm and once a fire. I was sure after the initial shock was past, my daughter would be fine.
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I didn?t realise it was a true story! I feel for your daughter x x x
Comment from Liz O'Neill
This is tragicomedy with the tongue-in-cheek humor. I love this one: "Look at the bright side. Everything turned out okay when you burned our house down." And yet there is a grieving tone weaving through this. It has many metaphors. The last line is powerful one. Well constructed.
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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This is tragicomedy with the tongue-in-cheek humor. I love this one: "Look at the bright side. Everything turned out okay when you burned our house down." And yet there is a grieving tone weaving through this. It has many metaphors. The last line is powerful one. Well constructed.
Comment Written 10-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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Thank you so much Liz, I was hoping some could see the humor in this. My daughter really did accidentally burn our house down when she was ten.
Comment from Spitfire
excellent use of dialogue to argue the pros and cons of a tornado destroying material things, but not human lives which is what matters. Vivid descriptions of damage done to the neighborhood. The ending is a hoot when daughter realizes her possessions were junk.
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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excellent use of dialogue to argue the pros and cons of a tornado destroying material things, but not human lives which is what matters. Vivid descriptions of damage done to the neighborhood. The ending is a hoot when daughter realizes her possessions were junk.
Comment Written 09-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 10-Jul-2020
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Thank you for the review and great comments, I really enjoyed reading them.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written flash fiction it is never easy to pick up the pieces after a devastating event. When we start picking up the pieces everything falls into places sbdcwe seem to be in a better position than before.
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2020
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A very well-written flash fiction it is never easy to pick up the pieces after a devastating event. When we start picking up the pieces everything falls into places sbdcwe seem to be in a better position than before.
Comment Written 09-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2020
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Thank you very much for the review and comments. My experience has been after the anxiety is past, things work out for the best.
Comment from Tim Noble
I can relate to this because we had a fire in our house and it taught me that possessions can be replaced, even the family photos, just as long as nobody is hurt. I am also an insurer and am delighted your daughter's insurance company came up trumps.
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2020
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I can relate to this because we had a fire in our house and it taught me that possessions can be replaced, even the family photos, just as long as nobody is hurt. I am also an insurer and am delighted your daughter's insurance company came up trumps.
Comment Written 09-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2020
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Thank you so much for the review and the excellent comments.
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Comment from Elizabeth Emerald
What a story--it rings true, and I see that it is! Glad it ended well--you certainly told it well--I know you had to reconstruct dialog--good work--dialog sounds natural. Cheers. LIZ
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2020
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What a story--it rings true, and I see that it is! Glad it ended well--you certainly told it well--I know you had to reconstruct dialog--good work--dialog sounds natural. Cheers. LIZ
Comment Written 09-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 09-Jul-2020
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Thank you Liz, I'm glad you liked my story. Even part of dialog was true. My daughter really did burn down my house when she was ten.
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Karma's a bitch!