Friday Fictioneers is a weekly challenge to write a complete story in 100 words or less based on a photo prompt. Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting this challenge and Connie Gayer for this week’s prompt.
Jessie watched her family from the sod house window. Four boys in the yard; a daughter hunched on her hip. Jessie looked older than her 30 years. Life was hard.
In the field, her husband Jack tilled the dried red clay with a hoe. His back forever bent from labor.
The crops would still die.
She clutched a letter from her sister. Come to California, Annie pleaded.
They could stay with her sister until Jack found work. She would talk to Jack tonight.
Jessie placed her hand on her swollen belly. If this one survives, I’ll call her Hope.
Redbuds and Roserocks 