An antique typewriter Each week, Denise at Girlie on the Edge blog posts a prompt word and invites bloggers to come up with a Six Sentence Story. It's a fun challenge for writers, and a delight for readers. Go over to her blog to read what others have written, and feel free to post your own story, too! This week's prompt: twist. ********************************* The kids who moved in next door were big kids--much older than her 3-year-old self--but they might be fun to play with, and as they were coming towards her, the idea of them being new friends seemed at least possible. She was rather shy, but she understood the basics of making friends, so when those neighbors crowded all around her and asked her what her name was, she didn't hesitate to answer. She thought she had spoken loudly enough, but apparently her shyness got the best of her, because they didn't seem to have heard her. "Twisty?" they asked, and recognizing she needed to be even louder, she ...
Look how cute those little kids were!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is the first person in our family (on either side!) who can actually play a musical instrument. I love having the sound of the piano filling the house.
Way to go, Buttercup! That will be a blessing throughout her life.
DeleteModesty ardorns you, but to me, being a Mom and a Musical one at that is a great gift. I'm neither.
ReplyDeleteI hope this post did not make you melancholy--that was not my intent.
DeleteJust Mildly, but not because of your blog. Never hold back because of others!
DeleteYou are a wonderful mom!!
…(trying to see the car in the background to figure out the year of the first photo).
ReplyDeletenext to (the love of) reading, music is as truly essential to a full life
1998, if I'm not mistaken. If you were judging by our car, it would probably be 10 years earlier. :-)
DeleteJust love the family picture!
ReplyDeleteHow true that "Mom" is a title, turned name.
ReplyDeleteIt's always rather funny when multiple women turn toward the cry, "MOM!"
DeleteWonderful, wonderful family pic! Everyone's looking at the camera and no one is picking their nose! Score! And love your grandma at the piano!
ReplyDeleteOr giving bunny ears to their sibling. . .
DeleteI remember you then. :)
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