“Oh my goodness, what.. oh, it’s um.. quite um nice, Granny,” I stated as I opened this strange present and realised that it was a thorny cactus.
“I thought you’d like it dear,” she said, as she smiled
“Why did you give me this one?” I asked, taking out a thorn from my finger.
“Because you’ll come to enjoy it so,” she said.
Such a strange gift for my twelth birthday.
She had such a peaceful, wide smile when she gave it to me as if I would naturally like it
I feigned a smile, disappointed and raw. My brother had got the headphones last year, and she said she’d be giving me something special.
Everyone else got headphones and iphones and ipads and new-fangled gadgets. And I got a cactus.
Was this some time of joke
Was granny going cuckoo?
A few weeks later my grandmother passed away.. she was Sally received some pretty jewellery
It was the end of spring, and I was feeling dejected.
I was running around outside, not doing much, not caring much. And noticed that the cactus had sprouted this unusual purple flower.
I looked once. Twice.
It reminded me of my … and the fun times we had had together.
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