Weekly Word Prompts – Page 14

A Dubious Step

Written for https://crispinakemp.com/2025/10/01/crimsons-creative-challenge-054/ A dubious step stumbling upwards. Are there bumps along the way? Yes. With each fall, we learn. Brush ourselves down and starting the climb anew. Our hope to reach the top and step by step our love will survive.

Fragile Threads

Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-387/ ‘When emotional gaps need to be filled, it is easy to go inside your own head, and your imagination can create something that isn’t there,’ the therapist said. Sarah snapped a piece of stray cotton from her school jumper and twisted fragile threads around her thumb. The light scent of lemons castContinue reading “Fragile Threads”

Blogging

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ When I first started blogging it was to promote my book, but it has grown into something else entirely. I have read some amazing posts over the years, and have loved taking part in the word prompts. Although, I have found out, that less is more. I think I posted about fiveContinue reading “Blogging”

Coffee Magic

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/reenas-xploration-challenge-401/ An illusion of coffee sat on her table, ready for the next person in the room. She smoothed out the white icing over the chocolate coffee cup. Just two hours prior, the kitchen bustled. Flour spread along the side like a thin layer of snow. Fondant icing folded into tiny people herContinue reading “Coffee Magic”

Wrong Hero

Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/its-thursdays-six-sentence-story-blog-hop-39/ Tear the fragile layer away, and her hollow heart switches to a galloping beat. Nobody hears perfect pain. What is there to gain with trusting in the wrong hero? Sarah shrunk into her paper thin skin, not sure she could be honest about her fears. ‘In your own time . . .Continue reading “Wrong Hero”

Respect

Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/10/01/one-liner-wednesday-look-what-came-in-the-mail/ Respect is earned and not given away as a free gift; with trust, empathy, and understanding it is possible to see another point of view.

Last Moments

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ As Sarah sheltered underneath an oak tree, its sturdy branches protected her from the unexpected hailstorm. She stretched her coat around her school uniform. It had been months since she had seen her friends. Excuses sent by text were common. Retreating into her homework easily, she kept conversations brief. No one desiredContinue reading “Last Moments”

Women’s Rights

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I agree with women’s empowerment. We cannot go back to a time when the police did nothing about domestic violence, or accused women and girls of dressing in the wrong way when men took it upon themselves to attack them or women going to back street abortionists because they could go toContinue reading “Women’s Rights”

Brave Life

Written for http://skepticskaddish.com/2025/09/24/w3-prompt-178-weave-written-weekly/ . . . Stealthy Silence shifts into screams pulsing, bravely beating across the chasm of years from a baby’s first stumbling steps to a testy teenager’s raging war cry at parents and tiresome teachers their own battle forgotten when they switch to adult overthinking wrinkles at a premium price ready to breatheContinue reading “Brave Life”