“Hello Mitchell. I heard about Emma – so sorry to hear that her – um, struggles never seem to improve. I’m praying for her.”
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“Thanks Gail. she’s had a hard week but, she’s better today. Thanks for those prayers.”
“And how are you holding up? It can’t be easy – working and taking care of the house for such a frail wife.”
“She’s far from frail. Don’t think for a moment that she’s just an old woman struggling with age. Think of her as trusting your friendship by allowing you to see how she masters her beast of chronic depression.”
Inspired by Charli Mill’s Carrot Ranch, #99WordStory Challenge
and her prompt of April 10, 2023: write a story about, “the old lady and the beast.”.
Gary A Wilson Stories 
The beast comes in many forms!
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Hi Gloria.
Agreed and some will simply not be mastered.
Thanks for checking it out and letting me know.
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Nicely done. Good flash fiction or short stories leave the door open for the reader to have fun.
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Hello Indigo, I don’t think we’ve met so welcome to my story collection and thanks both for reading this one and for your kind feedback.
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Chronic depression must be hard on all involved; the family would suffer too but the narrator of your flash seems to have a good grounding.
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Hi D.
These days, it seems we’re learning more about and are more aware of the presence impact of depression. For some of my family, who we struggled to understand when they were alive, this possible diagnosis seems to answer lots of questions and thus some who have it now are better understood and treatments help.
Thanks for giving my story a read. Your visits are always appreciated.
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