Friday, June 6, 2025

True Love Rekindled

by Kimberly Kirkland Absher from the May 26, 2025 issue

Tagline: Samantha reconnects with her first love, Noah, during a meaningful Memorial Day ceremony reunion.

Observations: I really enjoyed this story, mainly because of the respect it showed to the seriousness of the holiday. I think a lot of people get so caught up in the barbeques and the sales that they forget the day is to honor our fallen heroes. 

Usually there's a liberal dose of optimism and cheer in Woman's World stories, but this one was tinged more with melancholy as the main characters had both recently lost loved ones. But that was appropriate to the theme of Memorial Day. I think the value in this story is that it pointed out that, while we mourn our dearly departed, life does go on and there are things to look forward to.

Photo by U.S. Army Southern Erorpean Task Force, Africa via Flickr CC License

1 comment:

Sandy Smith said...

This was a very well done story for Memorial Day. I enjoyed it.