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A Minor Inconvenience. Top Story - September 2024.
Destinations and the reasons for them differ immeasurably. But plans of how people arrive to them are mostly made because of financial means. But not always. Sometimes it can be for convenience, time restraint, or even aerophobia/ fear of flying. For whatever the reason, Janie found herself travelling on the same Greyhound bus ride that night as the two elderly women she watched from the seat she had taken behind theirs. They looked to both be grandmothers.
By Shirley Belk2 years ago in Psyche
Tired of Stressful Feeding Prep? Ollie is the Easy AND Healthy Answer. Top Story - September 2024. Created with: Ollie.
Meet Gnocchi, my beloved English Bulldog, who has a larger-than-life personality packed into a squat, muscular frame. Gnocchi is obsessed with an array of peculiar things: from balls that he chases with the enthusiasm of a puppy, to plush sloths that he cuddles with as if they were his best friends. He’s even got a thing for pool noodles, which he drags around the house like they’re his prized possessions. But above all, Gnocchi’s greatest love is food. This boy is always hungry, no matter how elaborate or frequent his meals.
By My_little_gnocchi2 years ago in Petlife
The Empty Nest. Runner-up in Small Kindness Challenge. Top Story - September 2024.
I like it here. Big trees. There’s the wood, I like it there as well, but I like it here. Gaps between the trees. Grass and soil and the bird bath. I like it best when they’re not here. The people. The dog. There’s a cat, sometimes, on his way elsewhere. I like him least of all. And squirrels. Bothersome squirrels.
By Hannah Moore2 years ago in Psyche
West Coast Gold. Top Story - September 2024.
A/N: This is a story I entered a few weeks back for writingbattle.com. The challenge was to use the prompts pictures above and write a story in 250 words or less. Enjoy, and please consider entering yourself for their next battle!
By Kenny Penn2 years ago in Fiction
The Return . Top Story - September 2024.
Walter swore once he left his hometown he would never return. Just thinking about the place ignited a flicker of rage that was difficult to control. There were no special memories that made him long for the good old days because there were no good old days. All his recollections about life where he was born involved growing up poor, other kids always picking on him in school, and never having a single person he could call friend.
By Mark Gagnon2 years ago in Fiction
The Thrill of New Beginnings and the Satisfaction of Completion. Top Story - September 2024.
Despite reflecting on whether I prefer to make a fresh start or to finish up with something that has taken so much of my effort, I realize it is hard to decide because each can be intense in its own way. Each of them has its own share of energy, fulfillment, and emotions. Nevertheless, if I had to choose between the options, I would slightly favor the aspect of beginning a new thing for the excitement of it.
By Kageno Hoshino2 years ago in Writers
Hope in the Darkness. Top Story - September 2024.
I trudged through the supermarket aisles, my three children holding together. Jake, my eldest at 10, was trying his best to keep his younger siblings, Emma (7) and Liam (4), from creating chaos. I should have been grateful for his help, but all I felt was a deep, gnawing emptiness. I wanted to feel love for my kids, but instead there was void, which was sucking me into it, slowly, feeling a pressure and a loss of breath at the same time.
By Gabriela Trofin-Tatár2 years ago in Psyche
Aging With Grace is Challenging. Top Story - September 2024.
Experience can be a burden sometimes. Sometimes I feel like I know too much or have been through so many difficult times, so I am frozen. Like a growth paralysis. When I recall some of the best days of my life, I know that they happened because I was extremely brave to have pursued them. However, the flip side is also true. Some of the worst days of my life occurred from a bad choice or action, and then my courage was tested for enduring and surviving it. Life is pretty crazy like that. I think it's especially mysterious when a great day or a horrible day occurs without any choice at all. You can neither take credit or blame for it. Those days are the days where I was either thanking God immensely, or begging Him for some relief from the strife or pain.
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman2 years ago in Humans
The Old Soldier. Top Story - September 2024.
Sheena headed to the archives to research a discovery she'd made while constructing her family tree. An ancestor; a soldier. Accolades for bravery given but he'd mysteriously disappeared with no record of him anywhere.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Portrait of a Finder of Lost Things. First Place in Small Kindness Challenge. Top Story - September 2024.
During a youth basketball game in the early 1980’s, according to some physics I do not understand, my Rolex watch slipped from my wrist and fell beneath the bleachers. I didn’t even notice until after the game, when the announcer alerted the departing crowd to the lost watch. Cursing my lack of attention, I rushed to the scorer’s table to retrieve my precious timepiece. A five year old boy, exploring beneath the crowd’s feet, had found it, but I would never know this. Grateful for its return, but far too busy and important to actually offer thanks, I snatched the proffered watch from the scorekeeper without a word, or so much as a glance at the child, and departed. The boy’s mother commented on the rudeness of the exchange and assured him that such impoliteness was an exception to the norm.
By J. Otis Haas2 years ago in Psyche
