Hello again! Oh my gosh, is there nothing in port that doesn't already have an awardicon on it! I would have given this story one, but, of course, it already has one. So, just pretend that I gave it.

I liked the talk about the dragonfly at the beginning and then the narration of seeing it once again. It seemed like the same one. It could have been. And that actually gave me chills.

You wrote this story in a way that will capture the interest of your readers. It certainly captured my interest. In fact, I was very touched by the paragraph where the narrator walked back to the village and pondered the beauty of life, especially nature and that little dragonfly, and all the projects and stress seemed to go away, leaving the narrator with a feeling of peace. I don't talk about my life much, being a more personal person, but I almost died when I was forty-six years old. After two years of much time in the hospital, having all sorts of operations and medicines, nurses coming to the house, etc., I was finally well and able to go out. I was so grateful and stopped to smell the roses so to speak. I remember looking up and seeing birds flying. I was completely in awe and I was able at that time to appreciate and enjoy all the little things. I overheard a young couple bickering about who knows what. It was so trivial, and it made me realize that people overthink and stress the dumbest things, when they should, instead, be appreciating the remarkable beauty around them. Anyway, your story brought back these memories and I wanted to say that, I get it.

So getting back to the rest of your story..I enjoyed reading about how the person telling the story thought of the beautiful dragonfly as a totem, there to give her strength to tackle her projects and what she viewed as problems in life. As I mentioned in your other stories and poems that I've seen, you wrote descriptions that can make your readers feel that they are right there on that walk.

I loved the ending, where she saw the dragonfly again, and this time, she was able to get a picture of it!

The image which you supplied at the end of the story was a perfect complement to it. Nicely done.



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