But I Smile Anyway…

A little fiction, based around my prompt words ‘finding you’, and tying my #Loveuary post in with Sue’s #writephoto prompt this week.

Jack looked over at Jamie and Rose, cosying up next to their Grandma Maggie on the small sofa. The flames from the fireplace cast a warming glow over the room.

“Nan nan,  how much do you love me?” six-year-old Jamie turned to his grandma.

“Oh my handsome boy, I love you as far as you can see,” and she smiled, her eyes crinkling at the sides.

Those eyes, Jack thought. They may have old skin around them now, but they still held the same beauty to him, as they had fifty years before.

“But do you love me more than Grandpa Jack?” the cheeky chappy questioned.

Rose’s two-year-old eyes were drooping. She sucked her thumb and snuggled in closer to her Grandma. Maggie put her arm around her infant granddaughter and held her close.

The love in those arms, the same love she showed to our own children, all those years before. Jack almost felt that he was looking at his wife in the throes of motherhood.

What he wouldn’t give to get back to those days… or even just a few years back.

To see those eyes look at him, filled with love, once more. To feel those arms pulling him closer in an embrace.

But he had to be satisfied with this, simply watching… Cruel fate had intervened in their happy life, snatching him from this Earth. He was grateful that he could still be there, watching over her, his Maggie.

I was lucky to find you all those years ago… now I’ll wait, for the time when you come to find me…

Remember, feel free to take part in #Loveuary! Just ping back to the daily post, as in this one for today! And if you are at a loss for a prompt, then visit my rules post here for a list of prompt suggestions!