It had become their tradition over the years. Every birthday, holiday, anniversary, special occasion or no occasion at all; whenever she had felt a need to give him a card, she would put it in a yellow envelope and seal it with a kiss- leaving a trace of her pink lipstick and the outline of her pucker on the pale paper. He remembered the yellow was because on one of their first dates she had worn a thin yellow dress that fluttered in the breeze and he had thought she was such a lovely vision in it that he declared yellow his all time favorite color. She had picked up on that, and ever since her sentiments were thus presented.
The years had past quickly- there had been good times and bad, but lately it had just been the bad. They drifted further and further apart, but he still held out hope that they could make things work if they just tried harder. But, were either one of them, with their busy day-to-day lives, really trying very hard? He walked into the kitchen, weary from thinking. He knew she had gone out early this morning and was not sure where. He sank into a chair, put his head down, resting it on his arms and closed his eyes. As he did so, he caught a glimpse of something sticking out from under the placemat. Opening his eyes, he pulled it out to see it was a light yellow envelope sealed with a kiss.
March 14, 2009 Prompt: A Light Yellow Envelope Sealed with a Kiss
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