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It is your daughter's first day of school. And today, you see the past, present, and future passing, all in the blink of an eye.
Originally written for the Quills N' Sofa's "Poetic Prose" speedwrite, with the prompt "autumn," in September 2021. Cover art by MLPLover0711 on Derpibooru.
Story notes in this week's MT file.
EDIT: Featured 8/29/23! Thank you for reading.
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That line is just too beautiful
An incredibly poignant story
Aww so bittersweet. I feel the same, that my own life is passing by so quickly, it’s as if I blink and I’ve jumped months ahead in time.
Such a great story with powerful words.
"Ahhh, they grow up so fast ..."
"Cat's in the cradle with a silver spoon ..."
Has it really been two years? I should write for these contests more often.
Regardless this was always my favorite story of that particular QnS contest and I'm so glad that it's on FiMFiction now. It's such a beautiful story about life and well I forgot what I said about it in the first place, but it's still incredibly beautiful and poignant, just like Before Your Eyes, which I assumed this was inspired from.
If it wasn't inspired by that game it does a very good job at replicating exactly how I felt watching it for the first time.
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Hey Dashie! I remember you mentioning that game. I never did play it and I still need to play it, even though my Steam queue has gotten absurdly long...
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ah mah gawd!!! Loved this so much! (I’ve only watched a play through of the game, but I’d love to play it myself someday to see what different choices would change the story…)
OH MY GOSH YOU’VE NEVER PLAYED Before Your Eyes??? I immediately thought about that game just seeing the title “blink” and this story PERFECTLY evokes the same emotions of life moving quickly before your eyes like “blink and it’s gone”