Gusmas 2012 Title: Sharing Space Author:jule1122 Prompt: Mine and yours
Packing sucked. Even with Lindsay taking the kids so she could work in peace, Melanie hated it. She started toward the closet with an empty box, but stopped, staring instead at the boxes stacked along the back wall, all neatly labeled “Lindsay,” untouched since she moved back home.
Melanie couldn’t stand the thought of setting boxes marked “Melanie” next to them. It felt wrong, like taking step backward.
She opened one of Lindsay’s boxes, moved half the contents into an empty box before filling both with her own things. Grabbing a marker, she firmly crossed out “Lindsay,” writing instead “Ours.”