Writing Prompt #13

Write about a person your greatly admire.

"Start where you are.

Use what you have.

Do what you can."

~Arthur Ashe

Writing Prompt #12

"Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of the light on broken glass."

~Anton Chekhov

Take a thing, experience, place, anything and paint a picture. Show others the details of your life and help them see the extraordinary and remarkable in it too.

This prompt was inspired by Martha Dansie.

"If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all."

~Billie Holiday

#10 - The Matriarch

There were tremors in her body and an emptiness in her eyes. She looked straight ahead, pursing her lips carefully, breathing with a heaviness that dared to make each breath her last. And yet she pulled herself out of the recliner, cane held firmly in her right hand, and slowly walked me to the door. I slid my right hand into her left and held it lightly. If these were our last moments together, I would give her all of my love, all of my heart, and all of the tenderness I could offer. The Matriarch.

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Her smooth hand slid into mine as we made our way to the door. Does she know what I only vaguely know? Is this the moment that she fears is the last? I move slowly. "We sure do miss you," I say. "We hope you come home soon." She hugs me twice—her body that has changed into womanhood now stronger than my own—and I wonder. I can see her outline, I know her voice, and I am not quite ready.

I am not quite ready.

Writing Prompt #11

"I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of."

~Joss Whedon

Choose one (or multiple) to write about:

A character that has a trait you wish you had.

A character that does not possess a fear that you personally have.

Something you are afraid of that you can explore through writing.