Copyright Jean L Hays
Carrie leant the brush against the counter and checked the room again. Cardboard was stacked neatly in one corner, bubble wrap in a heap next to it and the twelve black bin bags of crap from twenty years neglect were by the door.
She sighed and dusted her hands off. Not bad for the first day.
The fading sunlight tumbled in through the stain-glass windows as she pattered towards the door.
‘De-consecrated,’ she murmured. ‘Just another word for abandoned.’
She spun and eyed up the old alter, broken and grimy with dirt. She smiled.
‘Not for much longer,’ she said.
Carol J Forrester - Writing and Works 
Ooh, nice spin on the photo prompt, to make it a church window. And what a great image you paint of those first steps of facing the grime of neglect.
My parents took me to church semi-regularly as a child and I’ve always loved stain glass so the two have always merged in my mind. Thank you for the comment.
Bravo to her! I would have loved to rescue an old building (or store) and turned it into a coffee shop…
I think it’s a really worthy cause. It keeps the history in our towns and villages as well as some fantastic architecture.
Better a bustling coffee shop than a silent church. A delightful image.
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Thank you Keith. It’s amazing what can be done with a old churches these days. Sir Kenith Brannon preformed McBeth in one a few years ago.
“de-consecrated” is a beautiful word in this case.
Great take on the prompt! 🙂
Thank you. 🙂
Indeed.. An abonded building is always empty – I agree, make use of those buildings.
Hear, hear.
I’m intrigued. Is she opening an abandoned coffee house or about to reconsecrate the church? Maybe she has black masses in mind?
She’s opening a coffee house in a de-consecrated church.
Good story, Carol. This type of thing is what keeps some of the areas of cities alive when they’re dying. Great description. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you Suzanne.
Happy New Year to you and yours. 🙂 — Suzanne
Same to you.