RDP Friday: AFTERLIFE
Photo A.M Moscoso
My three year old granddaughter has a friend
named Ava.
She told me all about her
one morning when I was making my bed.
Ava is a little older then her, she goes to school –
not pre-school, not daycare
but a real school Jemma said proudly.
My Granddaughter told me that
Ava goes to school everyday
but she doesn’t understand why her friends aren’t there
or where her Teacher is
and why the classroom is dark and the lights are never on.
I asked my Granddaughter
would Ava like to go to school with us sometime?
My Granddaughter said, ” wait ” and she ran into the hall
outside of my bedroom and I heard her talking.
” Ava doesn’t want to go to play school. She wants to go to her school. But nobody is
there and none of the lights are on.”
” Would Ava like to go outside with us and play in your
Fort instead? ” I asked.
My Granddaughter peeked around the door and I heard her talking
and when she turned around she was beaming.
“Ava said okay! Ava is going to play with us today and not go to school!”
I looked into the empty hallway outside of my bedroom.
The Sun was shining through the French windows, the air was a little
cool.
I told my Granddaughter. ” I’m sorry. I can’t see Ava. Is she still here? ”
Jemma nodded and she jumped up on my bed and said ” Don’t feel bad Lola, Ava said
she can see you.”
This story is 100%. All I changed was the kind of window the sun was coming through. I like French windows.
