I just lost all of my 2018 Writing Challenge prompts and responses due to a file corruption error. I have tried to recover them, but so far I've had no luck. Every recovery I have attempted so far has been unsuccessful- but I'm not giving up yet! In the mean time, I'm starting over! Its … Continue reading Bad News
Category: Writing Challenge 2018
Bucket List: Adventures
Writing Challenge: May 15, 2018 Prompt: List 7 adventures you want to have before you die 1- I want to travel along Route 66 on one long, extended road trip. No rushing. I want to take my time and enjoy the ride. 2- I want to go camping somewhere so remote that I lost all … Continue reading Bucket List: Adventures
Role Model
Writing Challenge: May 13, 2018 Prompt: Are you a role model for anyone? When she told me I was her role model I was taken aback. Me? A role model? How? Why? We had been friends since high school, for 8 years now. I am not older, I’m not any more accomplished, I’m not … Continue reading Role Model
I wanted You Back
Writing Challenge: May 9, 2018 Prompt: Write something inspired by the sentence "I wanted you back". I wanted you back. For years I wanted you- and every time I lost you, I wanted you back. We tried again and again. Every time it ended I swore to myself that it was the last time, … Continue reading I wanted You Back
Showing Love
Writing Challenge: May 5, 2018 Prompt: How do you show your love? I show my love by feeding you. I’ll cook for your or take you out to eat somewhere- anything to see you enjoy a treat. I’ll show my love by spending time with you. My schedule is busy, and I rarely have … Continue reading Showing Love
Do I Miss You?
Writing Challenge: May 3, 2018 Prompt: What is something you miss? I don’t know if I miss you, or us, or how it was, but I do know I miss how it could have been. I miss the idea of us. I miss the dreams. I miss the fantasy. I miss believing that after … Continue reading Do I Miss You?
Local
Writing Challenge: May 1, 2018 Prompt: write about something good from last week Last Saturday I took a day to myself to explore my favorite small-town, down-town, Main street. The little local owned shops appeal to me the way no large, multi-national departments stores can. The sun beat down on the floppy hat I bought … Continue reading Local
Skates
Writing Challenge: April 25, 2018 Prompt: Write about a childhood memory. My sister and I shared a pair of skates. Old, beat-up, and no longer white but now a dirty-faded shade of yellow. Sitting on the large, covered deck, we would take our beat-up skates in hand and we would each put one on a … Continue reading Skates
Tides
Writing Challenge: April 23, 3018 Prompt: Explain the tides As the Moon rises and the Sun sets, the oceans are pulled by the great love of their divine parents: running from the warm radiance of the Sun, to the comforting glow of the Moon and back to the Sun again. The tragedy of the Sun … Continue reading Tides
What is Kindness?
Writing Challenge: April 19, 2018 Prompt: Describe kindness Kindness is compassion. It is empathy and generosity. It is listening, sharing, and understanding. It is soft, warm, and light. Kindness is the smallest acts, words, or gestures that brighten lives. It is the unnecessary necessity. It is often overlooked, and underappreciated, but most influential part of … Continue reading What is Kindness?