Category: Love
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Can you tell a story in 46 words…Tom and Jo #7
It’s almost Halloween! Before you don your witches’ hats and grab those broomsticks, here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: As a high school senior, Tom was drafted by the government as a special agent after taking the ASVAB test.…
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Can you tell a story in 54 words #6
Can you tell a story in 54 words using the following words in it somewhere: Tom’s aftershave turned her reverie back to reality. Here she was standing beside her first love on a date 30 years later when he left her at the train station crying like a banshee as the train zipped away. She…
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Grace Overload
In my mind today, I am still exhausted from last Saturday. It was the annual Autumn March for ALS. This was the 9th year for the race and my 13th year of living with ALS. I am so, so blessed to have been given longer than the average 3-5 years. I have tried my very…
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Thursday challenge #5 Can you tell a story in 26 words using the following words in it somewhere:
Tom and I were walking under my umbrella to Sudoku Club. We spotted a caterpillar hanging out with us. Our eyes and lips organically met.
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Saturday Story “Cards”
Well I am two weeks behind this Saturday challenge. I am going to ” kill two birds with one stone ” and use it as a blog post. I have been holding it in my mind and heart; I hope you enjoy it. In my mind, I have been thinking about cards. When we did…
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Thursday Story Challenge 50 Words #4
Jo remembered murderously critiquing to find the right words. She rolled the dice while munching a cupcake and considered not giving him the poem. They were only 13. Umbrella Under the Umbrella with YOU Skies are always Blue. My first kiss under the Dome You promised you’d always be True.
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Magic Umbrella #3
“Tom?” Petrified! My heart felt like I just completed a heptathlon. He looked the same except for the pepper gray hair and beard. “Remember that note you gave me written in crayon?” he asked. “The poem about the magic umbrella?” “Yes.”
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Story in 52 Words # 2
At the Illicit Waxworks Museum nervously looking for him, it has been thirty-two years since they parted. Was it a haphazard meeting? She wore a polka dot dress fitted like seal skin. Still attractive, she heard growling approval from behind. She could fake an allergic reaction and go home if needed. “Jo?” I had to…
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What a Life!
In my mind today I am so happy. I want to share yesterday with you. Let’s look at a day in the ALS life. On Saturdays I stay in bed until early afternoon. I give my troops, my caregivers (Abbey and Andy) time to get up slowly. As soon as one of them wakes up,…
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In my bones
In my mind lately I’ve made a big mistake. I have taken my eyes and mind inward. I have allowed the pity party of this earthly life to take my focus from what really matters in one’s life. Students in the back row, it’s not “The all about Me Show.” Trying desperately to fulfill your…
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