For Eleanor, Who Loved This View

The bench had been there for many years. It stood near the small pond behind Larkspur Park, facing the water where the evening sunlight looked beautiful. Most people walked past it without…

The Forgotten Bench and Eleanor’s Secret

The bench had been there for many years. It stood near the small pond behind Larkspur Park, facing the water where the evening sunlight looked beautiful. Most people walked past it without noticing. It was just another forgotten thing in town.

But there was a small brass plate on the back of the bench. The words were almost faded away:

"For Eleanor, who loved this view."

Marisol Reyes noticed the bench properly for the first time on a Tuesday in October. It was the week she turned forty-seven. It was also the week her daughter left for college and stopped calling her.

Her house felt too quiet, so she started walking around the pond every day. Her doctor had told her to exercise more, but the walks also helped her deal with loneliness.

Marisol had been a hospice nurse for twenty-two years. She was used to caring for people during the hardest moments of their lives. She knew how important small routines could be. A routine made painful things easier to handle.

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The bench had been there for many years. It stood near the small pond behind Larkspur Park, facing the water where the evening sunlight looked beautiful. Most people walked past it without…

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Nimra Khan — original fiction published on RapidTale.