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  • Can you tell a story in 80 words Jo and Tom #12

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    Jo, you look like you are a million miles away.”  Centuries away in the video reel in my mind, 1969, thought Jo. “This creepy museum and I feel ridiculous in this tight dress, red pumps, and red lips. Looking like a beached mermaid, I’m sorry.” “I just found you. You should have been a special…

  • Can you tell a story in 54 words Jo and Tom #11

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    Thinking now of gestational acne rolling down HWY 41, Jo turned the radio on; the song was “Spaceman” by Harry Nilsson. Would Tom be happy? Would he want to come home? His husky voice rejoiced leaving his alcoholic, abusive father and sharecropper shack. No more picking wheelbarrows full of lettuce 12 hours a day.

  • Can you tell a story in 40 words Jo and Tom #10

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    I tell no one, especially Tom. I loved Tom too much to make a puddle of his life. Knapsack, tip money, and favorite bonsai, we (baby and me) headed toward the interstate in my “Fishbowl,” my 1977 yellow Plymouth Pacer.

  • Women and Men of Good Will

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    In my mind, I have been so busy with a head full of dreams. Dreams of rescuing children suffering in an America full of resources, but failing to clothe, feed, shelter the most vulnerable and valuable in our society, the widows (elderly) and orphans (from neglect from addiction not just substances but also the ego…

  • Can you tell a story in 61 words using the following words in it somewhere: #9 Jo and Tom

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    I remembered all too well. The camera that recorded our senior trip. The album is full of memories. Ice-skating and sharing a wedge salad at Bravette’s, and we made love riding the ‘L’ train around the city. Frightened, I knew you were pulling away into the world. That was two months ago. He was leaving…

  • Grace Overload

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    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…

  • Saturday Story “Cards”

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    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…

  • Thursday Story Challenge 50 Words #4

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    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.

  • In my bones

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    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…

  • Helpless

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    In my mind today, I have so many sad thoughts and feelings. I don’t want to leave my bed. I am trying desperately to outrun ALS, but I am in another valley. There seems to be no more outs to pull me through this. I know it’s different this time because I NEVER want to…