Discussion - The Little Things

This Week's Topic

The Little Things

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Howdy everyone! I always try to be grateful for the little things, and in the past few weeks, there were two examples of small things that made such an impression on me in the stories I read. 

In one of the books, this woman's first and only love died. While he was alive, he had brought her yellow roses. At the end of the book, the family is in the memorial garden established for this woman, and this quote appears. 

The boys passed their grandfather, who was again trying to dig up the yellow roses that were always growing around the pink roses he'd planted in Willamena's memory. It never did any good. He would pull and grunt, eradicating the yellow roses from the arbor, then dig up all the roots he could find, but the very next day they would be back, twining aroudn the pink ones once again.

I was so moved by this! I was a smiling and crying, and I thought it was such a beautiful way to show how their love was forever. 

The other example that made my heart explode was from a second chance romance. Again, we have first loves, but this time the couple is reunited after many years. They realize there is still something there, and at one point, the hero gives the heroine a ring. He understands it's too quick for a person who is commitment shy to agree to marriage. He tells the heroine to wear it on the other hand, and when she is ready, she can tell him or just move it. 

And then, very deliberately, she slid her hands from beneath the covers, took the ring she hadn’t taken off since the day I gave it to her, and moved it from her right hand to her left.

Cue the tears! Such a small thing but so HUGE in regards to this love story. Made my heart soar. 

In both instances, there were these small acts that came back later in the story and were so meaningful. They delivered huge emotional rewards to me, and I appreciated their quiet beauty. 

Have you ever read something in a book that seemed small at the time, but ended up having a big impact? 

Now it's your turn!

What little things impressed you?
Let us know in the comments!