They stared drowsily at each other, warming their hands on steaming cups of coffee.
Maddie smiled. “Did you see the sun this morning?”
“No. I missed it. Was it amazing?” John winked at his wife, chuckling. Everything was ‘amazing’ to Maddie. He loved that about her.
“You know what I mean…”
John knew. It was their first morning in Canada. Expats now. Two of the lucky ones who made it out before the military closed the borders. He noticed a tear rolling down Maddie’s cheek.
“You alright baby?”
“I’m fine, John. We’re gonna be okay. The sun rises here too.”
~kat
100 Words for Friday Fictioneers. Photo above by © Dale Rogerson
like mercury colliding... 
July 19th, 2018 at 7:58 pm
A scary dystopia that could be all to real. Happy they escaped; its good up here in Canada. 🇨🇦
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July 19th, 2018 at 8:03 pm
As you know, it’s a bit scary down here, south of the border.😳
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July 20th, 2018 at 7:14 pm
I suppose at times it could very much be. Anyways, I very much enjoyed the story 🙂
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July 20th, 2018 at 8:55 pm
Thanks Mandi…writing is very therapeutic!
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July 20th, 2018 at 8:55 pm
I definitely agree 🙂
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July 19th, 2018 at 9:01 pm
Wonder what they escaped from ? To see a sunrise after turbulent times is comforting.
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July 19th, 2018 at 10:12 pm
Truly there is comfort in the constancy of seasons and the passing of night into the dawn.
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July 19th, 2018 at 11:06 pm
Canada does sound more wonderful week by week; esp this week. Not sure I want to be a citizen of Russian colonization.
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July 20th, 2018 at 4:13 am
Anything familiar gives a warm, fuzzy feeling.
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July 20th, 2018 at 7:27 am
Maddie sounds like fun to be with! Hope they make out okay.
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July 20th, 2018 at 9:07 am
Dear Kat,
Canada would be a nice escape, wouldn’t it?
Shalom,
Rochelle
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July 20th, 2018 at 9:52 am
It would.
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July 20th, 2018 at 9:19 am
This is very very scary..
💜
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July 20th, 2018 at 9:59 am
You are telling me. Yesterday every republican in Congress vetoed a bill to protect our elections in November. I’m afraid of what will happen if Russia gets free reign to tamper with the outcome of our antiquated election system. This may become a reality! 😳😢😳
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July 20th, 2018 at 3:32 pm
OMG I do hope not having be woowed by Margret Attwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale..
I do not want to see it happening for real 💜
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July 20th, 2018 at 6:01 pm
You and me both.
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July 20th, 2018 at 3:04 pm
Awe… Fantabulous! 😇😎🥀
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July 20th, 2018 at 8:51 pm
It seems many of us will be visiting the good folks of Canada. And yes the sun rises there too, wonderful!
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July 20th, 2018 at 8:53 pm
I hope it won’t come to that. Holding my breath…thank goodness for sunrises and sets!
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July 20th, 2018 at 8:57 pm
I’m hoping not. I am hoping that the people who voted him in are as dismayed as the rest of us…or something occurs sooner. I certainly know it would have in other cases.
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July 20th, 2018 at 10:09 pm
I am finding that the people who voted for him that I know, generally do not follow the news or world events, and are oblivious to the consequences of their vote, and those that do, choose to exercise willful ignorance, trump being a means to an end, such as right-leaning Supreme Court justices, deregulation and tax cuts. Standards that they would most certainly apply to others are cast aside as long as they get what they want. I hope, like you, some of them will wake up, but those who do seem to be anomalies and not the norm. It’s not all trump, though. He is just a symptom of the ugly underbelly of humanity that has always been amongst us. His rise to power has given them permission to come out from the shadows. 😢
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July 20th, 2018 at 10:58 pm
You’re right. I suppose at some level I realized that there was ugliness existing, but I never realized how deep it went. I don’t talk to the people I know who are/were Trump supporters about anything political, not anymore. I’m not good about not wearing my heart and my opinions on my sleeve so it’s best if I don’t go there. I do think that there were some who thought that someone “apolitical” would be a good choice. I hope they’ve realized that it’s not so. And, yes, there are those who are happy he’s making some regressive changes, which makes me despair.
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July 21st, 2018 at 6:47 am
I have adult children who will not speak to me (or let me see my grandchildren) because I got angry at them for supporting and continuing to support trump. Two of four of my kids. The other two came back around…also trump supporters…we just don’t talk politics. But I must admit, knowing that they are okay with this administration’s policies breaks my heart and will forever tinge our relationship. The last few years have been hell.
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July 21st, 2018 at 5:25 pm
That is so unfortunate. I never remember politics causing rifts the way it does now.
I don’t speak politics with most of my family. We’re dysfunctional enough without that.
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July 21st, 2018 at 5:56 pm
We don’t either oddly enough. They took offense to some postings I did expressing my anger that anyone could vote for trump, on social media…we put the fun in dysFUNctional. Not!
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July 21st, 2018 at 5:59 pm
Postings I’ll add that were general…first they unfriended me…then they twisted the dagger and shut off all communication.
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July 21st, 2018 at 6:03 pm
That is so harsh. I’m incredulous that family would let politics get in the way like that, although, now that I think about it my brother did something similar. 😦 I wonder if this happens in other cultures?
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July 21st, 2018 at 7:03 pm
We need leader in this country who will not fuel the divides. I hope people vote in November .
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July 21st, 2018 at 3:12 pm
Bleak, scary to think of such a dismal time.
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July 22nd, 2018 at 8:41 pm
Oh wow..I loved that ending.
Just beautiful!
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July 22nd, 2018 at 9:13 pm
Thank you Dawn. 😊
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July 23rd, 2018 at 11:09 am
Very atmospheric.
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July 23rd, 2018 at 11:18 am
This is a strange time to be alive for sure but arriving in Canada – what a beautiful place to escape to. There will be many breath-taking sunrises awaiting.
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July 23rd, 2018 at 11:26 am
I too am sure of it…the sun always rises. 🙂
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