Shane, Bold Decision

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ByEarl
Shane makes a bold decision that could cost him in the future, but then there's her. {Life Frame}
Every mile Shane’s boots took was one his father had not signed off on. That fact walked with him too, somewhere in his mind, saying nothing, the way his father had nothing to say for three days before Shane left, letting the silence tell him his place in the business would be lost if he left.

Beginning an adventure that would take months, she hadn’t looked back once since the trailhead, as if what was ahead simply mattered more than anything behind her, and some mornings he envied that. He watched the wind lift her hair off her shoulder and thought: this is the kind of decision you don’t get to make twice.

He didn’t know yet if this was the boldest thing he’d ever done or simply a mistake his father had never made. Both felt true. He kept walking anyway, for he was sure his future lay ahead, with her.

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Monte Stevens
Monte Stevens
17 days ago

I thought I had posted a comment here earlier but I guess I had another senior moment. I love this story and especially this line, “a mistake his father had never made.” Well done!

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Earl
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Earl
17 days ago
Reply to  Monte Stevens

I checked to see whether a previous comment got stuck somewhere, and I didn’t see one. I am well acquainted with senior moments. It’s not a complicated story in this Life Frames — boy chases girl —but it is part of the human experience.

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