Written for https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/melissas-fandango-flash-fiction-challenge-260/ Sparkling stars littered her ceiling as she drifted into a maze of light. sprinkled in brightly coloured jewels. Each layer had a new depth. Here she could achieve anything. If she wanted to fly, all she had to do was believe. If she wanted to fight back against the bullies. All sheContinue reading “Drifted”
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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”
Hobbies
Written for https://pcguyiv.wordpress.com/tag/truthful-tuesday/ Do I have a lucrative hobby? When I mention I am a writer, most people will think it is a hobby. For me it isn’t. I might not earn much out of it or have any fame attached, but that doesn’t mean it is any less of a job. It is mostlyContinue reading “Hobbies”
My Kin
Written for https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/melissas-fandango-flash-fiction-challenge-259/ That is hilarious human. You are expecting me to do as you say. Don’t make me laugh. I am my own creature. There is a reason I steer clear of you. Any animal knows you are not to be trusted. I see your dog breeds always doing as they are told. Cats!Continue reading “My Kin”
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”
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