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Our words this week from https://mindlovemisery.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/mlmm-monday-wordle-439/ aretry, hover, once, pretend, cold, alone, practice, honey, primate, security, dense, forbid, Laura hovered in the background and practiced what to say before she faced the crowd. There was security in an isolated environment; her promise to go to the party, a regret when she said yes. Spending theContinue reading

Understanding

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ We should teach our children empathy, understanding and love. Humans are all different, and some need more help than others. Whether it is a hidden disablity such as Autism, ADHD, mental illness or one you can see more easily, such as being in a wheelchair. Nobody deserves to be mocked for beingContinue reading “Understanding”

Young Whippersnapper

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ ‘Oi Bob! What’s your problem?’ Bob lowered his wings into a slimline bullet. This was his domain. A choice location, where only the best scraps of ham littered his ledge. ‘Get your own pad, mate?’ ‘Young whippersnapper, you ain’t grown your feathers yet. Still brown and tawny. I’m much stronger than you.Continue reading “Young Whippersnapper”

Fibbing

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/fibbing-friday-22nd-august/ 1. What is a saga? A soap opera; full of life, death, and divorce. 2. What is a synopsis? When someone his hypnotised and reveal their dark secrets. 3. What is a dialect? When you talk on a rotary phone. 4. What is a goblin? When you eat too much cake. 5.Continue reading “Fibbing”

Teaching Assistant

Written for https://thesoundofonehandtyping.com/category/writers-workshop-2/ In September, last year, I found the courage to go back into college education and have a go at a GCSE math course. In 2020, I attended an English course, and gained a level 7 (A) Working in a school, as a teaching assistant, I support students in their classroom and oneContinue reading “Teaching Assistant”

Fresh Air

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ At midnight, the thunder and lightning fighting for attention. Worthy adversary’s ready to triumph at any cost. Amanda couldn’t look away. Each bright flash illuminating the sky. A grumbling sound, seconds later, the storm strides on. After the battle receded into nothing but a rumble, she creeps under the covers. A yearsContinue reading “Fresh Air”

And Counting

Growing up, time to be independent. Written for https://thesoulsearchersite.wordpress.com/category/6wsp/ I remember when I was a child, counting my birthday in months. I longed to be independent, and live my own life. We are not protected for long. As an adult I realise those childhood memories are one of the most precious I own.

Keep it Simple

Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/08/15/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-aug-16-2025/ Being an author is something I’ve always loved. Frome the age of five, words can create a world without moving from my home. Lately, it feels like I am trawling through fractured memories, and nothing but a swamp, filled with spikes, erases everything on the page. When I was on holiday, IContinue reading “Keep it Simple”

Different Meaning

Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/08/13/one-liner-wednesday-sounds-like-the-start-of-a-dickens-novel/ Fan whirring in the background, there is never a comfortable level of heat to sleep. I’m not sure that heatwave has a different meaning a few years ago. I remember 1976, where there was a hosepipe ban from July, right through to the end of August. There was no break in theContinue reading “Different Meaning”