Daily Prompt Challenge -Orderly

Cousins all in a row. Four boys, two girls waiting quietly to have their picture taken. One boy, not waiting so quietly. Only so many ducks can stay in a row for so long before somebody cracks (quacks!) This time,it was the little guy in the striped shirt. One can only stand still for so long, especially when one is 4 years old. It is especially tough when one has so much to say, and so many wiggles to workRead more

Daily Prompt: A Friend In Need

The need? Chloee needs a bit of comforting after falling on the concrete. She handled it well at first, but concern for the “boo-boo” kept surfacing. The friend? A sister who let her know with a cheek to cheek hug that she loved her and she was sorry about Chloee having to deal with the “boo-boo”. The needs may change as we get older. Financial stresses, physical challenges, and difficult circumstances can get us down. But there’s nothing like aRead more

Daily Prompt – Transition

Transitions…moving from one stage to another Mulberries in transition …most are not quite ripe. The readiness factor involves lots of variables including sunlight, water, and ………………………………..time. So here’s the thing. No matter what we do, or attempt to do, sometimes things just take time to transition from one state or stage to another. The actual passing of time cannot be rushed, managed, or controlled. And that’s the beauty of transitions and changes and growth. Some things we can control, butRead more

The Road Less Traveled ~ Against All Odds

Daily Prompt: The Road Less Traveled Pinpoint a moment in your past where you had to make a big decision. Write about that other alternate life that could have unfolded. The Road Less Traveled By for me, was a decision to stay in my marriage. Against all odds, against all well-meaning friends’ advice, against rationale and reason, I stayed. I knew that I was the one who would have to live with my decision. The intense part of the struggleRead more

Attachments

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a child. What became of it? Well, that was easy. It didn’t take but a second to think of what that was. My prized possession was a gold baby ring with 3 pearls and 2 bits of turquoise embedded in the ring. I think the value was not only in the beauty of the ring, but in the fact that it had been my Dad’s baby ring, and it went toRead more