Settling abroad wasn’t much a craze then, her son had gone there to seek fortunes. Promising to take her along at the earliest, it took him five years to take her with him. It was there, she had the first taste of an apple pie.
Back in her country, she was all praise for that chewy, fruity delicacy.
Her country is economically much developed now,when she looks at the delicacy through the glass lined shops in the malls, she no longer craves it. All that she wants is to be close to her son.So near, yet so far.
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Exactly 99 words.
Acknowledgements :- Thank you Charli Mills for running the challenge at Flash Fiction Challenge. The challenge is to write in exactly 99 words based on the word of the week. This week’s word is pie. For guidelines please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.
Kitty's Verses 
There’s a lot there; American as apple pie, yet lack of time and intimacy. So near and yet so far. Nice flash!
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Thanks a lot 🙂
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As we go through life, we really do start realizing what’s most important to us. Lovely story.
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Thanks a lot, Jade.
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so emotional. old-age needs the support stick of close ones and your story proves it.
http://ideasolsi65.blogspot.in/2017/07/piece-of-my-mind.html
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Thanks a lot Kalpana!
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Lovely story. It is so true that food is associated with certain things and pie is often associated with family. You did a good job showing that when family wasn’t there the pie lost its appeal.
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Thanks a lot for stopping by and reading and also for the appreciation, Irene.
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I like how you showed the longing connected to a food associated more with the deeper longing to be near her son.
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Thanks a lot, Charli 🙂
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