Athena

I realize I forgot this past week's WWBH post. I'll be back on board next week. Until then, please check out Nicole, Leanne or Tena's blog to see what was missed.

Life has been something of a struggle over here. My best friend and I have been pregnant together. Since she had twins, we were expected to give birth very close to each other. As it turned out, the lost their son at 24 weeks, but didn't deliver him to give their daughter a stronger fighting chance. At 27 weeks, my friend was rushed into surgery so their son and daughter could be born. Athena survived and has been cared for wonderfully at the NICU.

She was 10 days old when I got to hold her hand. Athena is working on getting big and strong for her trip home. She's already beautiful. I've known her mother since first grade, my best friend. This indiegogo post was put together by Athena's aunt, describing the struggle of this amazing family, and looking toward hope for the future.


http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bringing-home-baby-murphy

WWBH Prompt Post

Thank you, Leanne, for this week's prompt. :)

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It's Wednesday, which means another round of the Writer Wednesday Blog Hop is comin' at ya!

First up are the fantastic stories from last week's photo:

The Ascension of Freedom by Scott Taylor
Hot August Night by Leanne Sype
The Surprise by Sally Stackhouse
Mistake by Heather Musk
The Game by Vicki

Here are the reminders of how the blog hop works. If you have never joined in, please do! Invite a friend, too. ;)

1) Use the photo and the 5 words provided in your story
2) Keep your word count 500 words or less.
3) You have until next Tuesday to link up your post.
4) Link up with your blog hostess (Nicole, Carrie, </ a>Tena or Leanne) when you’re done via the inLinkz linky below.
5) Have fun, don’t stress, let those creative juices flow.

Here's your photo for this week:

Mandatory words:

corporation

bulldozer

ceiling

uniform

tartan

WWBH Prompt Post

What do you get when you have an intriguing photograph paired with five random words?

The Writer Wednesday Blog Hop of course!

Last week's prompt lent itself to some really fantastic stories. Check these out... (Be sure to leave some comment love. Writers like that. ;) )

As The God-Child Sees by Christopher Shawbell
The Carousel Horse by Jessica McConaha
To The Proprietors of the Tin Shed by Scott Taylor
Trust Me by Sally Stackhouse
Escaping the Heat by Heather Musk
Dirty Little Window by Leanne Sype (hey that's me!)

By the way, Christopher Shawbell is this month's featured blog hop ad winner! In an effort to support one another in the community, once a month we draw a name of one of our blog hop participants and feature a button-ad on our blog sites. Here is Chris's button:

  

Alrighty on to this week's prompt. If you've never joined in, you are definitely invited! Here is a quick run down of the rules:

1) Use the photo and the 5 words provided in your story
2) Keep your word count 500 words or less.
3) You have until next Tuesday to link up your post.
4) Link up with your blog hostess (Nicole, Carrie, </ a>Tena or Leanne) when you’re done via the inLinkz linky below.
5) Have fun, don’t stress, let those creative juices flow.

Your photo:

 

Your (randomly generated) mandatory words:

prank

printer

profit

capsicum

goal

Ready. Set. GO!

WWBH Prompt + A Sad Update

I missed last week, I know, but it was for a very good and sad reason. Chiaotzu, my nine year old boxer pup (they're always puppies) died last Tuesday. We got the phone call just before midnight Wednesday morning. He had some sort of allergic reaction that caused his breathing to suffer greatly and his temperature to rise dangerously. Though he appeared to be recovering from the allergy attack at the vet, he ended up going into cardiac arrest and the vet couldn't revive him. Sunday we picked up his ashes and paw print. It's been a tough week - that boy was my baby before my human babies came along. I'm doing better than I thought I would with his loss. It's a blessing to have my boys and the joy they bring.

I wasn't going to miss this week, though, not with a winner to choose! But first we will revisit the submissions from last week's prompt.

Cap't Monkey And Tooele Boy And The Impressive Building by Scott Taylor

Regrets by Sally Stackhouse

Christopher Shawbell

is our lucky winner this month! Stop by next week and we'll have his button proudly displayed for the following month. If you would like to win, make sure you link up your prompt inspired flash fiction over the next few weeks and the next name randomly chosen could be yours.

And lucky you, there's a prompt right here to get you started! A reminder of the rules:

1) Use the photo and the 5 words provided in your story
2) Keep your word count 500 words or less.
3) You have until next Tuesday to link up your post.
4) Link up with your blog hostess (Nicole, Carrie, Tena or Leanne) when you’re done via the inLinkz linky below.
5) Have fun, don’t stress, let those creative juices flow.

The Photo by Kristoffer Sorensen:

The Words:

passport

sunrise

carousel

travel

school