Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Alone, grief building up layers of protection against life. It is easier to pull away than be hurt by opinions of others. Yet, the biggest lie is the one you tell yourself. The love of family friends, will protect a fragile mind. Alone and the fear wins.
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Repair the Past
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ A new year, fireworks a plenty, January is a chance to make peace, give ourselves a reset. Whatever your life has shown, we can repair the past with a positive outlook, friends, family and love is a strength stronger than doubt and fear. as we begin our new year.
Birthday Treat
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Sarah hid behind the balloons, all the smiling faces giving an air of happiness. Her little girl liked Baby shark, and she couldn’t afford the fancy birthday cakes, or themed parties. The balloons she got off Facebook Marketplace. The paint was free from the same site. Painting the wall, was easy. SheContinue reading “Birthday Treat”
Claws
Written in response for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ It crawls all across my branch, its humanlike fingers tighten against my roots. I hear the angry rumble of the machine, its angry claws ready to cut through the red mark on my trunk. Cold, like a forgotten winter, there is nothing I can do to stop this insidious monster.Continue reading “Claws”
Yet!
This week’s prompt from https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Barbed wire mind constantly giving unwanted feedback, shaping thoughts into a minefield of self destruction. Worry, fear, a sense of foreboding, always there . . . Yet! We can change our view, give ourselves a chance of survival; Focus on the things, which make us happy. A walk in theContinue reading “Yet!”
When I Grow Up
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see ‘What do you want to do to when you grow up?’ It wasn’t a difficult question, Molly always knew what she wanted to be. Even from an early age, she picked the Doctor Barbie, or set up a teddy hospital for all those with dog related injuries. It wasn’t totally his fault;Continue reading “When I Grow Up”
Home
Written today for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Stevie lived at 114 Baker Street for most of her life. Born at Wexham Park Hospital, only a few miles away. Now, this would be the last time she could walk out of the door, calling it her home. Her mum smiled all the way to her eyes as she steppedContinue reading “Home”
Mum
Written today for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ It was the day to make the right decision. Her map, a ruse to stop herself from getting on the train. On another day, she couldn’t even leave the house. Was she afraid of meeting her birth mother? She wasn’t sure, not even now. Adoption, and she always understood her parentsContinue reading “Mum”
A New Dawn
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ I was a drifter, moving from one part of the country to the next. Never settling down in one place. Ever since I was born, it was weird, I always felt slightly out of sequence with all other humans on the planet. My brain wired in such a way, I saw connectionsContinue reading “A New Dawn”
You Have Been Warned!
Written in response to https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Talking, about the state of his dinner, Tom stuck his fork into a shrivelled, black potato. He swayed a little, unable to get his wife into focus. I mean, he wasn’t that late home. In fact, only an hour, and he should have stayed where he was. With all thatContinue reading “You Have Been Warned!”
