Greece 1913: Finding Love

A short story of family, yearnings, and fate

Grave marker of a woman. Greek work of the Late Classical period From Menidi (ancient Acharnai), Attica, Greece. Wikimedia Commons.

Fresh air, cool for the Attic peninsula, wafted in from the window. A perfect day, even though it was Monday. The morning sun set the dish of strawberries aglow. The scent of brandy tickled Tassos’s nose. He felt his mother’s hand on his shoulder as she deftly put a cup of coffee beside the fruit. A cookie from Lamia, thickly coated with powdered sugar and sitting on…