Red Strings

Writing Prompt:

Some say that an invisible red string is tied around the fingers of soulmates meant to be together forever. As it turns out, you can see these red strings, and have therefore created a highly successful matchmaking business.

When I was asked how long I have been able to see the red strings, it seems all my life. As a baby or very young child, I wouldn’t have known what I was seeing; they were just part of people to me once I noticed they were there.

As I got older, I thought everyone could see them and when I asked my mother about the red lines, she didn’t know what I was asking so just dismissed it as a childish imagination.

as A young child, I never really encountered many people who were looking for or had met their ‘soulmate’. So the red strings were just leading off into the distance and faint. Some were stronger than others but I never really saw anyone with their soulmate so I didn’t see the connections people could make.

Oh boy. My teenage years were when I first started to catch a glimpse of what I was seeing. At first, puberty didn’t mean much except to make me see more strings as other teens grew up and went through puberty and they got very interested in others.