The summer tradition had begun several years ago and was cherished by Todd’s family long before the tragedy occurred. Cyan had sweet memories of summer camps with candles burning until the paraffin gradually melted to the nubs. The elders would vaunt about their yearly achievements and others shared familiar family stories. The children loved the stories about Todd falling in love with Cyan, their beautiful blue-eyed mother. As they mumbled their good nights, Cyan put blankets over the scantily clad children who would nod and fall asleep in tees and shorts.
Those were good years before the accident that started the fire. Todd rushed to bring water from the faucet to extinguish the flames. The strain was too hard for him. Todd had warned her in the early days – those days of koi no Yokan when then knew that love was inevitable – not to fall in love with a man who had such serious heart defect. But words couldn’t stop love. Neither could his death. Nor had that love yet died. Cyan sighed lovingly as she tucked their children – the fruit of their love – into their beds.
WORDLE: cyan, mumble, tragedy, vaunt, paraffin, nod, asleep, faucet, scantily, koi no Yokan, tradition, gradual – Use at least ten words in a story.
Sweet aroma 
YOU ARE THE BEST ONE THAT MADE THAT JADALYN ASHLYN.
My girls into my comments again. They are my best admirers.
This remarkably well crafted challenge warms my heart, Oneta.
Aww, what a nice compliment. Thank you.
yes I agree, great talent Oneta … glad you took up the challenge 🙂
You are another great blogger friend an encourager. So thankful to know you. 😀
and me you Oneta, you are a delightful genuine kind person, a real pleasure to have met 🙂
This is so powerful, Oneta! And what an amazing job you did of incorporating the words from the challenge! Loved this! ❤
Thank you also, dear lynn. Sometimes blogging can be work. Those of you who leave notes and likes are bread and butter to me. 😀
Glad you picked up the blogging challenge. It is a powerful and very touching short, short story. Thank you. Please keep blogging. (can anyone tell me how to insert a emotive.)….I wanted a smile.
Thanks, Faye. Thanks to Vibrant from Blogging World days, I know how to do one! Use colon and capital D. Now I’ll watch to see if someone else will help us both out for more variety. 😀