Last year, I bought a lantern for our cabin and filled the batteries for storm season. My child played with it in the “woods” of her darkened bedroom.

Last week, power flickered. I flipped the lantern switch. The batteries may have died, but we never lost the light.

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14 responses to “Flicker”

  1. mixedbag Avatar

    I love the image of the child playing in the “woods” of her darkened bedroom

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    1. snapsandbits Avatar

      I was scrolling down to say this exact same thing but you beat me to it!

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      1. Danielle Dayney Avatar

        Thank you for commenting, Stacie ❤️ glad you liked it!

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    2. northie Avatar

      Same as Stacie – you beat us to it.

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      1. Danielle Dayney Avatar

        Thanks for reading and commenting ❤️

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      2. mixedbag Avatar

        That’s because I live in the future, time-zone wise 🙂

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    3. Danielle Dayney Avatar

      Thanks for reading and commenting, Hema ❤️

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  2. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    This is beautiful, Danielle!

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    1. Danielle Dayney Avatar

      Thank you, Sara ❤️

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  3. jawilcox711 Avatar

    I love the image of the child playing “in the woods” in her bedroom!

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    1. Danielle Dayney Avatar

      Thank you!

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  4. innatejames Avatar

    I don’t know if it was intentional, but the way “we never lost the light” is on its own line is poetic.

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    1. Danielle Dayney Avatar

      It was. I wanted it to have a double meaning. Not sure if it came through, but thank you for the nice comment =)

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  5. Laissez Faire Avatar

    Loved that last line.

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