Prompt #85: Pain | "Erased"

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Title: Erased
Challenge/Prompt: #85: Pain
Original Fiction
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Summary: It's all small stuff.
Author's Notes: I feel iffy about posting this as fiction. I'm sure it's happened to someone, somewhere.

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The card, on their wedding day. For Kenneth, and your sweet little wife.

The next year, a quilt, patches of playful fabric painstakingly stitched together. She looked on and grit her teeth, cooing as the baby peered up at her. His tiny fists flailed against the dedication that contained only his father’s half of their name.

At Christmas, the pyramid of gifts for the first grandchild, and the several solemn boxes of dress shirts and silly desktop toys for him, and a gift set for her: Asian Appetizers, which came with a pair of chopsticks.

His smile, all too understanding.