Good Mood?

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/share-your-world-18th-march-2024/ 1. Did you wake up in a good mood this morning? Not really, it is a Monday, and the first day of the week is always the one I dread the most because there are five days before the weekend.2. What was the first thing you thought of when you awoke? That I neededContinue reading “Good Mood?”

As a Child

Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-306/ As a child, I found it strange, we didn’t remember everything. Especially those memories we gather from being born to going to school. I suppose, it is more a feeling we keep with us. Growing up, I was lucky. I can remember the special times more than I can the troubled ones.Continue reading “As a Child”

Wool

Written for https://lindaghill.com/2024/03/15/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-march-16-2024/ Growing up, I was always loved watching my aunties and Mum knit. They hardly paid attention to the wool, fixating on the television instead. Elaborate patterns worthy of any shop bought jumpers. Mum only ever mastered the knit one, purl one (That goes for me too). My mother-in-law could crochet, and thatContinue reading “Wool”

No Fear Fibs

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/03/15/fibbing-friday-15th-march-2024/ 1. What is a juggernaut? A person who drinks a jug full of diet coke without stopping.2. What is an HGV? High Giraffe Vaulter, when it is being chased by a lion, it is the way their legs go.3. What is an off roader? When you get too old to drive, youContinue reading “No Fear Fibs”

Create

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2024/03/14/reenas-xploration-challenge-322/ If you are curious, isn’t it better to create opportunities, opening doors to a brighter future? When I went to school, it was a different time. We didn’t do woodwork or physics. Cooking was strictly for girls. Now they can aspire to be whatever they want to be. At fifty-four, I completedContinue reading “Create”

Magical

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/share-your-world-11th-march/ 1. What was your favourite pastime as a child? I loved playing with my Cindy. British version of Barbie. I had a big blue bag full of stuff. I had an Action Man too. My neighbour’s children had so much. Their loft was wall to wall toys. My parents weren’t well off,Continue reading “Magical”

A Little Happiness

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Martha sat in the same spot in the coffee shop. The waitress didn’t even have to ask her order. A latte; no sugar and a cheese sandwich. Sometimes, if she had the cash, she would splurge on an Eccles cake. She would never be far away from a note book. A scanContinue reading “A Little Happiness”

A Gift

Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-305/ To all your wonderful Mum’s out there; whether they are young children or adults. Being a mum is more giving birth, it is watching them grow, protecting them and that’s just what we do. On the remote chance she was going to win the lottery, it seemed like a pound was worthContinue reading “A Gift”