Rolling along the highway with Journey’s “Faithfully” cranked up, Shandy reminisced about her life with her beloved husband, now gone to the other side and Shandy on her way to a new life.
“Wheels go round and round, you’re on my mind…” The player kept her company and her memories rolled with each bit of rubber pressing the pavement.
Pulled over to a truck stop, Shandy pumped her tank full of gas, then went inside to get a hot meal and find out the best motel around, for her budget.
With the drawl of a true southerner, Belle, the waitress, looked Shandy over with a glance, and responded to Shandy’s inquiry about a motel, “honey you best mosey on down ‘bout an hour from here, there’s a nice town and you can safely stay there at the Motel Merrion and tell Merry that Belle said hello.”
“Thanks Belle, I’m grateful for people like you, looking out for my safety, and, well, I sure appreciate your concern, it’s a journey I need to take and it’s nice to know I am safe to go it alone, with people like you who care.”
This is my response to the Six Sentence Story and the Prompt Word “Journey.” Go Check it Out!
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good six. interesting story.
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Thank you!
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The song fits the story so well and it sounds as if Shandy’s off on one big adventure. I wonder where it will lead?
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Love the music and it fits perfectly with the story. It is memorable.
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Beautiful description of how Shandy was guided to her new home.
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Thank you! What’s next for her, I wonder…
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Nice installment, Lisa!
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Thank you!
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Welcome 🙂
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Shandy’s journey no doubt has taken her roads she never thought she’d travel. Seems she may arrived at the place she is meant to be 🙂
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Thank you. Yes, trusting the process…
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Engaging Six*
Nice touch letting the accent inform us of the setting**
Serials are so much fun and exciting (when you go seat-of-the-pants)… then the characters become the storytellers, we’re just the stenographers.
Good Six
*Imo, the highest compliment in this place of short, flash fiction
** is that like, ‘hear, not tell’? lol
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She stopped in Kentucky and found a bit of sweetness.
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I like how she’s starting her own journey and then helped onto a path by Belle. Will she meet Merry I wonder?
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Thank you. I may have to work Merry into the next installment 🙂
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Go Merry! 🙂
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she may be at the most wodnerful part of her journey
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Those long road trips can sure clear the mind and reset us for new adventures.
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She never expected to make this journey, i suspect, and i am also glad for nice people looking out for her.
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Nice people sure make a difference. From my own experience, I know it really matters when it comes to feeling safe when traveling alone.
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A wise and caring waitress that knows how to “read” people and watch out for them. I am enjoying their travels.
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Thank you! Angels are often dressed in the uniforms of the helpers.
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