TTOT

Ten Things of Thankful – December 25 2020

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Merry Christmas and Happy TTOT!

I have a confession to make…It is December 24, but I am going ahead and writing up my TTOT because on December 25 I am going to be eating pancakes and drinking coffee and participating in present giving time! So let’s get to this event!!

  1. Grateful to be able to give presents.
  2. Grateful to be able to receive presents and that we got our CHOCOLATE LETTERS!! Remember how last week I was feeling a little sad and maybe self-pitying about not having chocolate letter? Well, it turned out that they came in the mail as a lovely gift from sweetie’s mama!
  3. God Children gifts of goodies, jammies, warm clothes and loves.
  4. God Children were able to close on their house this week.
  5. Prayers.
  6. Safe travels as we had two business road trips and they were lovely weather days and uneventful. And we got to enjoy some sights without peoples
  7. Grocery specials so we can enjoy affordable goodies.
  8. Daughter has had steady work and her co-workers got over their being sick.
  9. Rain vs snow.
  10. YOU!! Always glad when you come to the door and let us in! What are your thankfuls? Drop in and share. And Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, And whatever you celebrate or not
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Christmas Eve Hopes

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Christmas Eve Hopes

As the starry sky calls to all to view in awe

Daylight has paused for stockings to be hung up

Dreams coming soon as the waiting children yawn

Elders will drink from their flowing yuletide cups

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Christmas Eve will find folks filling up stockings

Fruits and nuts and chocolates to fill them high

As in the air carolers voices will ring

To all throughout the night will come many sighs

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Oh, Christmas time, you make thee smile joyfully

Bringing the spirit of love and giving to mean

No one must do without and feeling sadly

As gifts from everyone are under the tree

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And as they sit and realize they are blessed

May all they have done before help those with less

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Short Fiction, short story, six sentence story

New Horizons

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“My dear girl, you are young and it’s good to check out new horizons, especially when where you’ve been has not brought you enough joy,” Clarabelle responded to Shandy, her new friend to be, “I also sought new horizons when I was younger; I suppose it was a different time back then, maybe more simple, but I knew I had to find something other than the sadness…umm, well, you know, life sometimes needs change, don’t you think?”

Shandy patted Clarabelle on the back of her hand and smiled, the two just looked at each other for a brief moment when the bell rang for orders to be picked up, “please stick around, and I will be back, that is, unless you have some things you need to go do, I don’t want to keep you, but, well, you are so nice and, well, it’s something I don’t see enough of, especially when people come in and don’t look at me, and, well, uh, you see me,” and Shandy went off to pick up her orders.

Clarabelle sat and sipped her tea and contemplated her next stop, not desiring to go there and having a little time, she was glad to wait for her new friend to come back for a visit; Shandy came with a piece of apple pie ala mode, “this is on the house; and I am done working for this day, thank goodness, and I thought I would join you for desert,” each with their dessert plates and drinks, the two ladies chatted up to get to know each other.

Shandy shared that she was an only child and that her life was just a simple one, but with both parents deceased, she had nothing to hold her in North Carolina, and she decided to give the Midwest a try; it was colder weather, but she didn’t mind having a change of scenery and truly enjoyed the sunsets and the Mississippi River, and it also helped that her Aunt Rebecca opened up her home and let Shandy stay there; Clarabelle listened with great focus, except when the nagging thoughts about her appointment interrupted her demeanor; Shandy picked up on this and asked, “what seems to be troubling you, Clarabelle?”

Picking at the remains of her pie, Clarabelle looked up at Shandy and confessed, “I have an appointment in about an hour and I am not looking forward to it, it’s for a follow up from my mammogram, and, well, it makes me nervous to think that something could be wrong.”

Shandy placed her hand on Clarabelle’s shoulder and gave her a gentle squeeze, “well, you don’t have to do through this alone, now, do you, as I have time to go with you, that is if you want me to go,” to which Clarabelle sighed a relieved sigh and nodded her head, yes.

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There you have it! This my response to this weeks Six Sentence Story prompt HORIZON

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This week’s story is a continuation and you can see the prior links here:

Week 1

Week 2

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

What’s on the horizon for you?

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Welcome to GirlieOnTheEdge and Sunday’s prompt word reveal for Six Sentence Stories!
“The early bird gets the worm”. That’s what they say, non? As the bouncy vocals of Lindsay Buckingham singing “it’s a long way down holiday road” round the corner of my sleepy brain, I remind myself that the road is only as long as we make it. So, without further adieu, going to caffeinate my brain and hit the road. I hope you’ll join us this week at Six Sentence Stories. Wherever your travels take you this week – enjoy, be safe, be of the moment. Read you soon!

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Use the current week’s prompt word.
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