The Bag Lady

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https://lindaghill.com/author/lindaghill/

A birthday celebration

Watching the glow come over her

Opening a wished for present

A child becoming a young woman

Fifteen now and stepping into a new era

The child steadily moving into young adulthood

And it begins—

A new set of classes soon to begin

A driver license permit highlight

Secret crushes on classmates

Finding forever friends

New learning challenges while

Realizing future dreams

All decisions made now reflecting on her future

It’s too soon for me, too soon for life challenges for the child I used to cuddle

But I have faith.

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https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/weekend-writing-prompt-222-glow/

Life is a series of seasons.

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https://thesoulsearchersite.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/6wsp-86/

“As I ruminate on your latest adventures, Simon, I need to mention that you remind me of my younger days. It is no surprise to me, being my only son, that the tohubohu caused by your extreme impetuous behavior is now haunting my own sordid memories.”

“The lady in question certainly was bathing nude in the river water, but the angle of your unwanted caress was uncalled for. You should have stayed onshore and secretly observed as any other “gentleman” would have done.”

“Now I learn of this shoddy encounter in the newspaper. As a result I have no choice but to clip your wings and kick you out of the university. As an alumni, I have no choice.”

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/08/09/wordle-252-2/#like-22553

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Secrets revealed cut as a knife.

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https://godoggocafe.com/2021/08/10/tuesday-writing-prompt-challenge-tuesday-august-10-2021/

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Stepping off the hardened shore

Looking beyond, wishing for more

Something new, something daring

Tired of sickness, tired of caring

Sea salt lingers as waves roll by

Can’t help asking the why

Hoping an answer from a distant place

Will ease the mind with a sense of grace.

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https://cyranny.com/2021/08/11/august-11th-1minfiction-challenge/#like-59238

Summertime and the livin’ is…beautiful.

My favorite scene in “Life as we Know it” is in the grocery store. Take a break and enjoy this 2010 production.

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https://rugby843.blog

A humble breath I take as the touch of simple fern fronds makes another summer day of joy. I need no crowd as the sun beams warm upon my hand and the bend of the green softness curls around my fingers. No written paper words can describe the feel, but as pine needles drift on the river that swallows another unmovable stone, I realize acceptance of nature.

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https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2021/08/08/wordle-513/#like-2490

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I stand in awe of this old structure

remaining steadfast on a windy dusty prairie

while it’s only visitors are the occasional wild deer

or hungry hawk looking for any lower forms of residence–

there is only a ghost residing here

with fond memories.

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https://dversepoets.com/2021/08/09/dverse-monday-quadrille-stand/#like-22463