• Five Minute Friday - Linkups

    Savoring Five Minutes Friday

    Savoring Five Minutes Friday I am joining up for a weekly Five Minute Friday writing prompt link-up. Over at Five Minute Friday each week we are given a word prompt and free write for five minutes using that prompt. This week’s FMF writing prompt is: SAVOR First lets define the meaning of the word savor. Merriam-Webster defines    Savor as ” 1: to give flavor to : SEASON 2a: to have experience of : TASTE b: to taste or smell with pleasure : RELISH c: to delight in : ENJOY” The first thing that pops in to my mind is  the taste of something such as the taste of chocolate melting on…

  • Five Minute Friday - Linkups

    FMF Writing Prompt Link-up :: ENABLE

    I am linking up at Five Minute Friday During five minute Friday we are given a word prompt and write for 5 minutes. This weeks Five Minute Friday  Writing Prompt is  ENABLE Enable Help and Hope I actually wrote a blurb about the word Enable during my attempt at the Write28Days challenge. “hopefully I can enable and help some children find a better future and heal the trauma that they have been handed by those meant to love and care for them in the first place.” Often when I think of the word enable it makes me think of when…

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    Once Upon A Time

    I am linking up with FMF Writing Prompt Link-up :: Once – Five Minute Friday Once Five minute Friday is a linkup where we are given a writing prompt. We spend 5 minutes with the timer on and free write. Once, Upon a time there was a little girl. Her name was Laurie. Her Mom nicknamed her Lollipop and had a story made up about Lollipop Land. Laurie grew up. She got her first computer and began using the nickname Wabbit. Wabbit’s Big Mess is a story she’s been working on over the years. Cleaning up Wabbits mess has been…

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    Grateful, Grief, Laughter, Five Minute Friday 2021 Design

    I am linking up with Five Minute Friday where we are given a weekly word prompt and we set a timer and write. This weeks prompt is DESIGN. 2021 Design   Grateful, Grief, Laughter, Being Thankful Out Loud FMF Designing My Own Attitude for 2021 Finding Gods design for my life During 2020 grief has been something that a lot of us are familiar with . Thanks to the Covid-19 Pandemic more folks are struggling with mental health issues than ever before. Grief especially reared its ugly head at folks around the holidays.  Missing loved ones, feeling isolated and alone.…

  • Five Minute Friday - Linkups - Mental Health

    Fixing The Broken Things Five Minute Friday

    Fixing The Broken Things Five Minute Friday FMF Writing Prompt Link-up :: Fix   FMF Writing Prompt Link-up :: Fix – Five Minute Friday Five Minute Friday we are given a word prompt and spend 5 minutes writing about that word. This weeks word is Fix. I would love to be able to ‘fix’ so many things. Fixing the broken things. I wish I could fix the broken mental health system that has so many people falling through the cracks. I wish I could fix the system that so many foster children find themselves in. These children slipping through the cracks.…

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    5 Minute Friday Linkup Progress

    I am linking up with https://fiveminutefriday.com/ for a weekly five minute free write. FMF Writing Prompt Link-up :: Progress Do you have that feeling that in spite of your attempts of making goals and lists you aren’t making headway? Reality is maybe that list is unrealistically long. Maybe break it down into priorities and baby steps. These are all things I think I am doing but yet each day I feel like I’m barely keeping up with all those things I am supposed to be getting done. Maybe I need to challenge myself to put one to three things to…

  • Five Minute Friday - Linkups - Mental Health

    Respect: Be Kind Be Open to Differences

    Respect R- E -S -P- E -C- T The first thing on hearing this word is the song start playing in my head by Aretha Franklin. Though she was not the original artist according to my Google results. This sign should be posted in every classroom as a visual reminder. This doesn’t mean take someone abusing you or bullying you but you don’t have to retailiate. You can stand up for yourself and still be kind. “I see so much judgement, anger and hatred spewing in our country these days……But I am not going to veer into politics and don’t…