This photo prompt brought to you by Madison Woods
The driver watched the passengers board, taking notice of their differences and their similarities. She said “hi” to Tom, “aloha” to Doug. She leaned over the wheel and waited for them to get seated. She made sure they were comfortable before she put the great beast in gear. It was the end of the week and this would be her last trip. She was finally retiring. With shaking hands she reached for the microphone, wiped away tears and turned on the PA system. Madison made her announcement “This blog will be stopping at Rochelle and Wisoff. I’ll miss you guys”.
That’s really clever! “Aloha” to Doug. Haha. Love it! (Think it’s Wisoff and not Winsoff though)
Thanks Trudy…….I’ll change that!
Thanks for the change. Wisoff is the correct spelling. It’s unusual I know and trips up a lot of people.
I’ll be making plenty of spelling mistakes along the way…sorry about that.
don’t we all?
I don’t know…I sure do!
Well, if this isn’t the companion story to mine, I don’t know what is. A well deserved tribute to Madison.
I had a feeling I wouldn’t be the only one taking this route…Next stop Rochelle and Wisoff!
Dear Tom,
This brought me close to tears, if you can believe that. A well written tribute to Madison and a welcome to Rochelle. Big shoes to fill, but I know Rochelle will ‘get’er done.’
(Speaking of which, you might want to 86 the apostrophe in ‘passenger’s’ in your story.)
Aloha,
Doug
LOL…this is what happens when you write at four in the morning after a long day at work…Thanks Doug
I think I’ll go to bed now….
Great way to say good-bye!
Thank Janet….I’ll be stopping by yours in the AM or early afternoon. I look forward to reading it.
Tom
Ah, that was a nice way to mark the end of an era and the start of something new. Nicely done.
Thank you Sandra.
Tom
Very very clever, i like it a lot!
Thank you Boomie.
Tom
Very nice!
I got both of them and just left this one. Thanks for commenting.
Tom
Very nice
Thanks….
Hi Tom,
What a great tribute! Well done! Ron
Thank you Ron. She deserves it…
Tom
Hot Damn… best one of all!
Roxanne will pee her pants… and start to cry…
Wow….Thanks Ted! I really enjoyed your take on this prompt as well. You really did bait me into believing…..shhhh. I won’t give it away. Thanks for the kind words.
Tom
Good one, nice tribute. Good luck to Rochelle looking after the great beast in the future.
Thank you Dude…..Best of luck to Rochelle, I am sure she will be great.
Tom
I’m sure we’re all onboard with you and your clever farewell to Madison and welcome to Rochelle–Thanks!
vb,
It is hard to not be on board this great beast of a project she has taken on for so long. I just wanted to show some thanks. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Tom
I love, love, love it!
Thank you, thank you KD.
I LOVE this, Tom. How perfect and clever. Very sweet.
Jan,
It seemed so obvious to me that it didn’t feel clever at all but thank you very much. I couldn’t help but think this was her last trip as soon as I saw the photo prompt. I almost didn’t do it because I thought there would be others just like it. Fittingly Rochelle’s is similar and could easily be the companion story to this one. Once again, thank you for your kind words.
Tom
Awwwwww, now THAT one really made me tear up! What a great story, and it worked so well with the prompt too 🙂 I’m such a sorry sentimental sap, and I’d been being so stoic today until this one Tom. I’ve had such a great ride with y’all 🙂
The reason I’ve been able to be so stoic is because I haven’t been reading them yet… I will need a box of kleenex by the computer tonight, I can tell.
I didn’t want to make you tear up but in a way I am glad you did. Get the Kleenex out and let the tears flow.
Tom
Madison I have only been here a short while but your impact is great. Thanks so much for all you have done. I took the liberty to fix that little typo for you….
Tom
What a clever, sweet send-off from Madison and welcome to Rochelle.
Thank you Lora!
Tom
i wish i had thought of something like that.
Thank you Rich
I enjoyed yours.
Tom
Very cool parallel!
Keep on smoking though and she’ll be saying “aloha” to Tom as well.
Thanks for commenting on mine.
Thanks Perry. Just for you I’ll stop smoking….
Tom
Bill was quietly sitting in the back too.
well done.
Thank you Bill
Awwww – that was so cool.
Thanks Kathy
That was a nice way to go about the prompt, Tom, and I liked the inclusion of our regulars (‘aloha to Doug’). Great story!
Thanks Brian,
Sometimes you have to grab onto the moment before it passes….
Tom
Touching tribute 🙂
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