Chosen from a list of prompts supplied by @mariannewest — “It’s easy to hate. Much harder to love,” she mused. This dichotomy exists in the human spectrum of emotion. Some may think that they two are

Adding to the healthy pursuits - take time to meditate and spend extra time with immediate family

Prompt supplied by @mariannewest — Words. They have the power to build up, and the ability to destroy. Yet, for Colton, words were just an avenue to get what he wanted. He used words to put people in their

Prompt provided by @mariannewest. Thank you! — It just wasn’t right, no matter how hard she tried. She sighed, frustrated but determined. Why didn’t it look like the picture? Holding her nails up to the

Prompt provided by @mariannewest — She stopped to catch her breath. Her heart was racing and it seemed like she couldn’t gain any ground. The shadow behind seemed to keep gaining on her, no matter how

Prompt provided by @mariannewest The cold bit into his exposed skin as the wind continued to howl. It cut right through his wool sweater. It’s all he had to keep warm; he had given away his winter coat

This week, I’m going with the single prompt option because I’m coming off the busiest week of the year! Thanks @mariannewest for giving us the opportunity to choose! I chose: Salty air Nostalgia. I’m reminded

Prompt provided by @mariannewest She rolled up her brightly colored beach towel and stuffed it in her tote bag. This is the day she’d been waiting for all week. It was time to head to the beach and unwind.

@mariannewest thanks for this prompt! Billy jumped eagerly to see if he could peer through the slits in the hewn rock. To no avail - still too short. His 5-year-old stature could barely reach the edge

Prompt provided by @mariannewest for a 5 minute free write. Dust swirled as the wind picked up the tumbleweed across the barren plain. The sun scorched down, sapping the remaining life out of any living

Prompt provided by @mariannewest As Jack was making his way through the thick brush, he heard his friend Kaitlyn not far behind. She was struggling a bit through the last patch of bushes, so he slowed

Freewrite prompt provided by @mariannewest He hung up the phone. Everything was unraveling, except for the growing knot in his stomach. “How much of this can I take?” he wondered, remaining motionless

Really good challenge @mariannewest! I missed some details and thus didn't quite understand the challenge for this one at first. I took "the interference" and "the conflict" as

Prompt provided by @mariannewest thank you! She startled awake. Disoriented, she reached across the bed—it was crisp and empty. A question formed in her mind, “Where…?” Suddenly her mind cleared, her husband

Car after car, each one following the other. Snaking along the road, their lights one. What seemed like an endless line of suburbans and station wagons and sedans. You could feel the somberness of the

It loomed. Taking another step threatened to pull him closer. Dread filled him. The barn door seemed to engulf him, growing larger as he inched closer. Behind the building, he knew that the sun was about

He walked into the room, expecting exactly what always happened. This was his moment. People knew he. Followed him. Loved him. People wanted something from him. And He knew exactly how to get it to them.

“You need help.” The words were still ringing in her ears. Cutting deep. How could he say this? Didn’t he understand what she was going through? After everything she had done. Sacrificed. For him. This

In this volatile business of ours, we can I’ll afford to rest on our laurels, even to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

In this volatile business of ours, we can I’ll afford to rest on our laurels, even to pause in retrospect. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.