UncreativeNovice's 100-word story for May 2, 2025

UncreativeNovice wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 2, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

This view. My love hate relationship with this view. My beloved father brought me here every year on the first day of summer. Fond memories of walking the beach, picking up shells, and talking until the sun kissed our cheeks. Every summer he'd tell me stories of this lighthouse - a time he flew over it and just had to visit. It led him to living here and having his own experiences with this lighthouse. Now I both want to be here to be closer to him, but want nothing to do with it because of his absence. His light's out.

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