Doris had suffered a miscarriage and couldn’t seen to understand exactly what had happened. Had someone taken the baby away? There was something strange and unnerving about the little secret smile playing on her face. Her husband, Martin tried to comfort Doris and explain that when she felt better they would start their family, and she would have her baby. But what strange thoughts are in Doris’s mind?
Doris’s Baby
Sunlight filtered through the lace curtains and splattered across the room in lacy dribbles. Doris sat in her rocking chair with quilt pieces spread out in her lap. A quiet smile played across her face as she knotted the thread and clipped it with her scissors. This was her first quilt and she was pleased with the way the colors she had chosen presented the pattern. Effie, her mother-in-law had watched Doris cut out the pieces with a puzzled look on her face. ” Honey, are you sure that’s the colors you want to put in your quilt” she had asked. “They’re of my choosing.” Doris had answered. She had measured, cut, and ironed each quilt piece before running it up on the thread. Now she sat sewing the pieces together to make the blocks that would be her first quilt.
Martin slammed the back door as he came in from the back yard.”Are you feeling better,sugar?” he called from the kitchen. Doris could hear the tinkle of ice as he plumped the ice into a glass for tea. The squeak of the rocker answered as Martin came into the living room. Doris looked up at him with a smile. “Did you see the baby before they took her away?” she asked, Martin answered, “No sweetheart, you know it wasn’t really a baby yet.” It had hardly begun to be a baby. Doctor Betmen talked to both of us. Don’t you remember? You have to snap out of this funk you are in. It’s going to be all right. We can start another baby as soon as you are feeling well. You’ll see, by this time next year you will be sitting right here in your rocker rocking our own baby. Your quilt will be finished and ready to wrap her up in. Now come give me a kiss and get that weird smile off your face. You’re freaking me out.
Doris wandered around the house fluffing a pillow here and smoothing a wrinkle there but in the kitchen the dishes from last night’s supper set on the table and in the sink. Martin had found bread to make toast for breakfast and perked a pot of coffee while Doris set with her quilt pieces and a smile on her face. Now she was searching for something but if you had asked her what she was searching for, she wouldn’t have had an answer. But she knew it was important and she would know when she found it. Martin had gone to work, and had stopped by Effie’s to ask her to come over and check on Doris. He didn’t like leaving Doris alone in the state she was in. He thought about calling Dr. Betmen but didn’t know if he should and had done nothing.
This is a very touching story and I must say very beautifully written!.. Keep up the good work.. 
You held me throughout, the ending was perfect. More stories please
touching and very well written Thank you for this sharing
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