Daily writing promptWhat does it mean to be a kid at heart?View all responses Courbevoie, France, 2024 As a child, I came to love reading books because I could visualize the action in my head. Then, I would dream about a world very different from the harshness of my childhood. I dreamed of having two... Continue Reading →
Gibbs Gardens, Ball Ground, Georgia Don't fear taking detours in life, for they tend to lead us to the places we were always meant to go. Rev. Dr. Regina Davis-Sowers Written for the One-Liner Wednesday Challenge from Linda G. Gill. Copyright ©All posts on my blog, Help From Heaven, are my intellectual property protected by... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat’s something most people don’t know about you?View all responses Having a blog, I think I have told it all, but maybe not everything. One thing I rarely discuss is my love of word puzzles: Syllacrostics, Codewords, and Brick by Brick. I do enjoy crossword puzzles, but I prefer puzzles that require me... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptDo lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive?View all responses I had to stop believing that idle hands are the devil's playground. When I found myself just sitting and doing nothing, I felt so guilty. We were raised to find something to do or make up work, so my home was spotless,... Continue Reading →
My sister would have been 76 today. She was two years older than me, but she seemed more like a mother to me than a sibling. Whenever we lived in an aunt’s house because our parents weren’t able to care for us or didn’t want to, JoAnn was given responsibility for me. You can imagine... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat principles define how you live?View all responses Growing up in a country with a history of segregation means that I learned early that, as a black person, I wasn't seen in the same light as my white peers. In the seventh grade, the black children received the white children's old school, while... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat's something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail.View all responses I would attempt skydiving or wingsuit flying. What it must feel like to feel you are one with the wind! To soar like birds, and to fly and see the beauty of the world below. It would be such... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat was the hardest personal goal you've set for yourself?View all responses I had a phobia of driving. I had been in a wreck as a child that left a massive bump on my forehead and rendered me afraid of other cars on the streets. It was easier to take the bus, as... Continue Reading →
One of the young bloggers I follow wrote a post declaring that she would write a blog every day in October. In my comment to her post, I informed her that I would join her, as a way to return to daily posting and answering the daily prompts, which I love. Since we came home... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat would you do if you lost all your possessions?View all responses When I had to leave an abusive relationship, I left all of my possessions behind without a second thought. I wanted to live, and I knew that love that came with scars was not the love that the Lord wanted for... Continue Reading →
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