LJ Idol - Season 9 - Week 10 - “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting our time”

[bookishgeek]

Miriam didn't particularly have an affinity for the elderly, but this was better than the alternative. At least, that's what she kept telling herself as she wandered up and down the hallways, white Ked sneakers squeaking on the tile floor, waving hello and exchanging pleasantries with the people who had wound up in this assisted living home

Comments

[faceless_bride]

This made me almost tear up. Old people always make me emotional and dead spouses make me emotional, so the two? If I wasn't at work I'd probably be bawling.

[bookishgeek]

I almost cried writing it, if it makes you feel any better? I was going to do something worse at the end but I just couldn't do it to her. :(

[faceless_bride]

I'm glad you opted out of a worse ending because then I would've ended up crying at work and I hate that. XD

But seriously, super well written. <3

[bookishgeek]

I just couldn't! I had to go for the cheesy "truant finds a friend, old woman finds a companion" ending because I did not have the heart to do anything else to that poor old lady.

[meri_sielu]

This was just beautiful, so powerful and well written. I have tears in my eyes. :')

[bookishgeek]

Oh, thank you. :)

[marblesonglass]

Awwwww.

[awakenyourfaith]

Oh, I love this. It's so emotional, yet unassuming.

[halfshellvenus]

I loved the final line of this, though I had a little trouble seeing Miriam come around this far (she's such an angry, dismissive person).

How nice, though, for someone to listen to Mrs. Rice and let her feel that Melvin is important to the rest of the world (and just as present) as he is to her. :)