Tag Archives: Grief

100 Word Wednesday: Week 113 – Watching

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Michael

“I miss her dad,” said my daughter as we sat and looked at the spot where her mother was last seen. Her mother was an adventurous woman, and my daughter looked up to her as her role model and her … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 50 – Santa’s Visit

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Michael

Photo by Brooke Lark Santa liked visiting the Hewitt’s as there was a grand selection of food and he enjoyed tasting everything. One year there was a sack missing and he wondered why. He felt a sharp tug on his … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Sails – #writephoto – Circles Of My Mind

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Michael

“Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.” It’s what rolled in my head today as we laid you to rest. I never thought this day would arrive. Everyone gets sick, you go to the doctor, … Continue reading →

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Wordle #163 – Harriet Bird

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Bird Cassette Trail Bohemian Warrant Nascence (adj.)) Beginning to exist, develop.) Chide Illusory Everywhere Topple Clinch Insouciant (free from worry, concern, anxiety) When Harriet Bird woke and looked around, she found she was in the hospital. Still … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s Hunt-01 July 2017 – Grief

Posted on July 2, 2017 by Michael

Google images: Labelled for Re-use Your task today is to choose an emotion (love, hate, fear, joy, etc.) and fully personify it.  It started as an ordinary day. I was at work early. I like to avoid the morning rush. … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #167 – When Death Arrives

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Michael

Image: – NEKNEERAJ Word came all at once From miles away and worlds apart. Death is like that Turns up and makes its presence felt. Life ends for a mother and a daughter grieves, Life ends for a daughter and … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #166 – A Mother’s Sorrow

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Michael

Image: Copyright NEKNEERAJ She’d agreed to take the children home for after some hours at the hospital they were tired and bored and starting to act up. She left her son and her daughter’s family there huddled around her bed, … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Horizon #writephoto – Woman at the water’s edge

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Michael

It’s a place to go where magic happens. When asked where it is I always say: Far from anywhere. Across the sandhills and down through the runoff I wander focused always on the distance surf, relentlessly pounding the rocks, forever … Continue reading →

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Haibun Monday #28 – “Childhood Experiences”

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Michael

The theme this week  is “Childhood Experiences”   My aging neighbours are moving out. I’m standing in front of their house remembering the family who lived there when I was a kid. Its long ago now and my memory is clouded … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Music Prompt # 56: The Mary Ellen Carter by Stan Rogers

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Michael

It was the news no one imagined In the middle of the night Out of nowhere The knock on the door. The burly policeman The man who had seen it all Tears on his cheeks Knowing the impact his words … Continue reading →

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