Tag Archives: Mother

Saturday Mix – Same Same But Different, 7 October 2017

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Michael

Same Same But Different Your ‘Same Same But Different’ task is to take the five challenge words and NOT use them in your writing. That’s right, you need to dig out your thesaurus and find a synonym for each word … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #21 – Day and Night – Common-sense

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Michael

My mother equated day and night with common-sense. She’d say, “It’s as clear as day and night that you did the wrong thing and should have done something that shows you have an ounce of sense about you.” Our childhoods … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #20 – Resting

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Michael

The young mother takes a deep breath as the last of her three children is now asleep. She looks over them as they are resting, understanding that for them the day has been one full of activity and exercise. Her … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 30 – Mum’s Cure

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Michael

Photo by Jennifer Pallian I woke up in the hospital with tubes in me and mum waving her arms in the strangest ways. Her eyes were shut, and she was gesturing to push whatever it was towards me. She explained … Continue reading →

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WRITESPIRATION #125 52 WEEKS IN 52 WORDS WEEK 30 – Pie

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Michael

Sacha’s #Writespiration prompt this week is Pie Mum made a tasty apple pie. She set it on the window ledge. The aromas were teasing. Every beast for miles came to investigate and claim the pie as their own. Mum sat … 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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Writing Prompt April 9th – Lists – Mum’s Lost List

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Michael

*image courtesy of Google Search Engine “Where is it?” she asked, looking perplexed at us all. “Where’s what?” we asked as one. “My list, I left it by the phone.” “Haven’t seen it,” we chorused not wishing to get involved … Continue reading →

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TELL ME A TALE IN 120 WORDS – The Dentist

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Michael

Today’s prompt is:  A vignette from your childhood   My mother looked in horror the day the dentist slapped me. I was about five years old and my first visit to the dentist. I wasn’t co-operative, squirming and moving all … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – Blessed Fortune

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Michael

When Goodness Fortune gave birth to a daughter, she thought her life had been truly blessed. But the blessedness was short lived for Goodness’s daughter, Blessed proved to be anything but that. She was an unhappy child, angry, constantly cried … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – Dolores Hubbard

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Michael

Image: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes Dolores Hubbard was fed up. Life was a pile of shit that kept getting bigger as each day went by. Her husband, the very virile Barry Hubbard, was responsible for the myriad of children she … Continue reading →

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