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#FallWritingFrenzy 2021

  • Writer: Aruna M. Lepore
    Aruna M. Lepore
  • Oct 1, 2021
  • 1 min read



I am very excited to participate in this year's #FallWritingFrenzy hosted by @KaitlynLeann17 @LydiaLukidis @Ms_Holliday93. What a great way to support other authors in a creative andfun way!

Here is my entry for the photo I selected!


The Road Ahead


Fall- Credit: Julia Solonina / Unsplash



“Stop,” whispered the old woman, her feeble voice languished with age.

Her faithful companion locked her wheelchair in place, and listened.


“It’s still here. This was ours,” she murmured. “Still the same.”


“Ma’am, this was your house?” asked her companion, curiously. “If I may, this is a chapel.”


“Yes.” There was silence. A light wind blew, and the newly fallen leaves gently grazed the narrow road ahead. The companion adjusted the old woman’s shawl and glimpsed a tear rolling down her wrinkled cheek.


“Ma’am?”


“Yes. This is the spot where I met him. The chapel where we wed. The special place we would return to, just to sit and talk. And it is here that…” her voice trembled and faded.


Her companion held her hand and tenderly blotted her tears. She studied the old lady’s face and envisioned the beauty that once lay behind the weathered creases. She imagined that each line crossing her now frail shell evolved with each passing, lonely year since her love left her side.


The old woman placed her shivery hand over her companion’s warm one, and nodded. “Thank you, dear.” She took a long, deep, withered breath and whispered, “I am ready to go.”





 
 
 

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About the Author

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Aruna Maharaj-Lepore was born and raised on the Caribbean island of Trinidad (and Tobago). The daughter of entrepreneurs, Aruna’s path was clear. After earning her MBA, she co-directed the business with her mother.

 

During her studies abroad, however, she met her future husband, moved to the U.S. and eventually began a family. Once motherhood took a hold of her, she hung up her corporate hat and stayed at home to raise their children. It turned out that motherhood would be the experience that would bring her a satisfaction she never knew existed. It was this awareness that brought out Aruna’s creative side.

 

She used her appetite for story-telling and writing, her love of painting, and her children’s undying belief in her, to create her first multi-award winning picture book, Peanut the Penguin. The story reflects her softer side, having, herself, grown up in a loving home. The vibrant illustrations reflect the influence of growing up on a kaleidoscopic island.

 

Although Aruna did not expect to one day write and illustrate a children’s book, she certainly found a passion in doing so. She already has plans for creating her next book. Stay tuned.

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