The Letter

“I am totally impressed that you became a doctor,” she told her former biology classmate, Georgia, “especially after having me as a lab partner! Quite an accomplishment!” she laughed.
“Actually, you inspired me,” Georgia replied.
“I did?” she asked incredulously. “How in the world did I manage that? When it came to anything science-related, [...]

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The telephone began ringing just as she closed the door to her hotel room and started down the hallway toward the elevator. She never even considered not turning back to answer, confident that the call was either from her son or Dennis.
“Hey, Mom,” her son said cheerily before she even had a chance to [...]

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This week’s Writer’s Island prompt: Faithful
“And you got married just like that?” Amy said incredulously.
“Just like that!” she laughed. “It was an amazing day. We only had about twenty-five guests and got married, barefooted, on the beach at sundown.”
“When did you tell your families that you were pregnant?” Amy pressed.
“During the reception! [...]

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This week’s Writer’s Island prompt: Flight
The florist delivered the flowers late Saturday afternoon. A beautiful bouquet of her favorites — delicate pink roses. The card said simply, “You will be picked up at noon on Sunday. Be ready. Love, D.”

She opened the door and was greeted by a uniformed driver. “I [...]

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This week’s Sunday Scribblings prompt: Fearless
She knew what she had to do — and that she needed to do it now. Procrastinating would only make the task ahead more difficult — for both of them.
Her circumstances — and the future of her unborn child — required that she be fearless now. Decisive. [...]

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This week’s Fiction Friday prompt: Describe a time your character gave up; and how it affected them for the rest of their life.
“I just don’t understand why the doctor can’t prescribe something to help you.” Her friend was clearly irritated. “How long did he say it would take for this thing to [...]

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This week’s Friday Fiction prompt: Describe a time your character was wronged; even though it was insignificant to the one who wronged them, your character never got over it.

“Breathe . . . breathe,” her friend urged, as she knelt alongside her chair, rubbing and patting her back. “Come on . . . deep [...]

This week’s Writer’s Island prompt: Torrid

The ringing telephone startled her awake. She sat straight up on the couch, disoriented. The telephone was on the coffee table directly in front of her with a hand-written note taped to it: “Make an appointment with the doctor. I’ll call later and check up [...]

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Writer’s Island prompt: “Second Chance”

The sun was just setting when they arrived at the nearly empty restaurant. He turned to her and asked, “Would you like to take a walk on the beach before we have dinner?”
Although she didn’t feel well and would have preferred to be home sleeping, it was a beautiful [...]

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