Winter's Rose
In the last months of WW2, Marie meets an American soldier who gifts her a preserved rose...
Marie wiped frozen snow off the entrance of her remaining home. December air bit deep, the sharp smell of wood-smoke. The small village of Bouligny was quiet now, soldiers everywhere, but the frantic energy had settled into a weary exhaustion. She had returned to help rebuild after the Germans fled, only to find her own home stripped bare, the precious things taken or hidden. Only the basics remained. Marie looked at the...