Thursday Inspiration

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I am. I am sorry I thought everything should be perfect. It started out that way, honestly it was ideal. And then I lost control. Control was not a word I was familiar with until years later.

Funny, but now these prompts/confessions of sorts help me sort things out, so Jim, I guess you’re my pseudo therapist! “Sorry ‘bout that, chief” and if you’re old enough to get that reference, you may relate to my words. No offense to my male readers, but in those years of my life, most women’s roles were much different than yours. I had a great job I loved, was living on my own and life was what I imagined it would be. And all this at 18 years of age. Then I fell in love and all changed. I am not going to bore you with details, but as I married, had children, grandchildren and now great grandchildren, I try to say sorry for things and it just seems to bounce off. I’m sorry about that, too.

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Thursday Inspiration #331 Who’s Sorry Now

W3 7-8-26

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“On Aging” by Maya Angelou

“And I’m the same person I was back then”

Sitting here and

Bored of course, I’m

Lonely, the

Schedule always the same

Just a name, not a person

Or apartment number where I

Live, not the home where I was

I wish sometimes I could go back

Wishing time away, I do now and then.

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http://skepticskaddish.com/2026/07/08/w3-prompt-219-weave-written-weekly/

Fandango’s Story Starter

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It was a good thing I already knew her, it was Helen from across the hall…but I never knew she had a gun! Quickly I stepped back, thinking I was going to be her next victim! Helen’s hand holding the gun was shaking. When she saw my reaction she dropped it. In doing so, it went off and shot me in the leg. I fell down and screamed, “Helen, what the hell?”
After the 911 call and my trip in an ambulance, it turned out Helen had shot a vase in her own apartment. It was warning a burglar she found when she opened her own door. Lucky for him it scared him off and he left through her window. Both of us learned a lesson – keep your windows and doors locked!

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Fandango’s Story Starter #254

MLMM Wordle

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Julie tried to delete the phone call. She was tired of thinking someone was vindictive enough to have found her diary and spread her personal thoughts on the internet. Julie’s maiden voyage to cell phone privacy rules were only on a basic level. Now she trusted nobody and the friend she thought reliable received a strong reprimand.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #484