Friday Fictioneers 9th July

Many thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting this weekly photoprompt challenge.
Our inspirational picture this week is provided by Sandra Crook.
Toby remembered the tree in its prime……….. tall and proud.
Sadly it had to go as it was rotten and unsafe.
‘You can tell the age of a tree by its rings,’ Sophie had said importantly that day.
She was six.
So long ago.
Out of habit, he knelt down and counted the rings.
‘No diamonds in those, ‘ came a familiar voice.
The dimples in her cheeks were still there.
‘No, I put one on your finger though, just as you said I would all those years ago.’

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