Daily Prompt: Proclivity Creative Writing: Megan’s daily practice, a ritual developed to make it from one day to the next, had become her only solace. An escape from what she couldn’t face in the faces of everyone she knew, and many that she didn’t. Now, the very thing she felt was holding every molecule of her…
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Missed Opportunities
Daily Prompt: Clutch Creative Writing Lesson 10: Part 1: using creative licence. Part 2: change the context of this chapter by switching the last paragraph to the first. Diary entry June 17 He had always thought his family didn’t get us and that made me sad. Not for me…
Red sky at night sailors delight
Its sail unfurling against the storm, it would carry us forward, us clinging to hope …
Why we share our happy snaps
Daily Prompt: Grainy Through sometimes grainy, carefully preserved images of our lives well lived I am reminded of all the beautiful memories my family have created together, when looking through treasured photos. Today I am prompted to reminisce…and as always have found an uplifting happiness in the faces of family and friends. It is not…
Second Dates, Beetles and Coco Pops
I was wrong, 40 seconds goes by in a snap and next minute I was standing in our lounge room, in front of this gorgeous creature, him just out of the surf and smelling like salt — me standing in my favourite navy and white stripe, Disney Dopey night shirt!
From little things …
Her little hands tucked under her chin in prayer position, lips pink with gloss, hair all tumbling curls pinned with tiny rose buds, I wondered how she was going to get through such a long day
He is love, he is lovable – he is loved.
He is strong and fierce, determined and not at all predictable. He is love, he is lovable – he is loved.
Lost in translation.
It wasn’t like I had meant to add to the busyness of her day, yet I could feel her glaring at me through the phone. It was all rather odd.
Too impatient to stay
You’re not ready for the world yet little ones. Stay inside. Stay inside.
Serendipity: love and other adventures
For me they had been pretty hedonistic times with just enough common sense thrown in to keep me out of trouble. It appeared to be different for him.
Dear Grief
If you or someone you know are feeling overwhelmed by grief: reach out to someone, anyone – a friend, family member or support group like Beyond Blue. You are not alone.
Writing from within
be still and turn your attention within – the answers you seek will be there. It is time to reconcile where you have been to clear the path for where you are going.
