SO the story submission has been published!!!!
The theme was isolation. And you can read it at Short Fiction Break
There is a Reader’s Choice award. If you like it (or another story) go ahead and give it a vote!
But please read. It’s all about me – as usual.
I’m not old enough to get this reference. AJ’s only old enough because her parents said it over the years. AJ has seen the snippet of the old movie where this was coined but that’s it – not actually seen the movie. To which her love would probably scoff at.
However today’s prompt of left turn wasn’t what I wanted to talk about so I’m going to take that left turn.
Six years ago AJ found herself crying over a complete stranger. She’d been following a web dev influencer for a while and his daughter had a brain tumor – she would have been twelve yesterday. She lived six beautiful years before her illness took her. It’s devastating. Yesterday he posted a memory. I’d like to share that with you.
This is particularly hard on AJ as she suffered her own brain tumor with much better results. To have had to go through such a thing at such a young age and to leave behind parents to greive. It’s heart wrenching. Last night AJ read the post and had to get up and check on her own kids. It’s a reminder to cherish what you have.
AJ will always remember this little girls strength – right up to the end. And her heart is always with her family even though she does not know them. Its a little strange because AJ was thinking about them a while back. I don’t think there was any particiular reason other than her father had made a post and AJ was wondering how they were doing. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.
I’m going to part with the same poem he did in his post. It holds a little bit more meaning now than it did before.
When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three
I was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am Six,
I’m as clever as clever,
So I think I’ll be six now for ever and ever.
—‘Now We Are Six’, A.A. Milne
Today’s prompt is Guardian. So figured I’d give you a throw back to several iterations ago when I met Sterling with Dev.
One day I think I might meet Sterling again. But for now that’s a no go.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the story.
So last night AJ wanted to watch the iHeart Radio Concert live from their couches with Elton John.
Found out today it’s streaming all day, you can watch it too: We’ve already watched it.
I think I told ya’ll about the contest AJ entered.
Well it’s been published up on their website. Go on and give it a read, would love a like or a comment there but you have to sign up for it so I’m not expecting much.
It was a fun exercise anyway – something like how things really go around here.
Just a Dream at Reedsy – for a contest entry “Write a story about characters who know they are ficitious”
Today I added a list of yoga routines that can be done to help improve anxiety, depression, stress and a few for fun. But mostly self help type stuff. AJ’s daughter has been tasked with doing yoga everyday so AJ went looking for some that would help her. This is the list she came up with and I’m sharing it with you, and giving AJ a go to place to help her daughter out when needed.
You can find it under Collections. But I’ll give you the link too. Enjoy the list maybe it’ll help someone else out too.
The Mind of Nox 