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FRANK SOLOMON: The Heirloom

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The white gold, worn thin by years, cut her grandmother’s cold finger as Julia removed it. Her tears caught the diamond’s fire.

“She wanted you to have it,” Pops said.

“I miss her already.”

“Me too, Babe.” He held Julia close and kissed her head.

“…How much is it worth?”

Frank Solomon retired from the University of Kentucky after 30 years as a Systems Programmer and now pursues his many passions from his home in Kentucky. http://www.franksolomon.com.

An Old Friend

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The rocking chair moved back and forth, back and forth.

It was a family heirloom, a decrepit icon of past generations that had been hidden in the attic, alone and lonely, for years.

But that night, as I laid sleeping, I heard it rocking back and forth, back and forth.