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have to share small room with someone. We have no room for anything and construction has stopped and we don’t know why. Been here for 4 weeks.

Tessa

“When you’ve only got one little shimmer of sunshine, you capture it as best you can.” – Ellen Hopkins. 

This week, the weekend challenge from Susan and me is the word Shimmering.

Our challenges are as flexible as you’d like them to be. Interpret them in a way that suits you — words, Pictures, Poetry, or Rhyme.

Please tag #Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge Shimmering.

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“Hurry up Patsy. Kyle is already here and anxious to leave and we want some pictures,” her mother called up the stairs. She was anxiously waiting for Patsy to appear in the pretty pink shimmering gown they had bought for the prom. The dress fit her perfectly.

“I’m coming mom, hold on.”

Suddenly there was a sound of something hard hitting the steps. Nora ran upstairs to find Patsy sitting on the steps rubbing her ankle and crying. Nora tried to check out her ankle to see what the damage was. She would hate to have to call off the prom for Kyle and Patsy.

“What happened, dear?”

“I was hurrying and my heel caught on the dress’s hem. I knew it was too long. You should have hemmed it.”

Nora felt terrible. She hadn’t meant for this to happen, she just was out of time and cut corners hoping the dress really didn’t need to be hemmed. Obviously she was wrong and this was her fault. They would have to take her to the emergency room even though Patsy claimed she was alright. They couldn’t take a chance. Patsy reluctantly went with Kyle trailing along beside them in her parents’ car.

The doctor checked her ankle carefully to make sure she was ok. Nothing appeared broken or even sprained, so he released them with a clean bill of health and a hefty medical bill.

She hurried home to get her purse and the wrist corsage, and they took off in Kyle’s car once the pictures were taken. They were only a little bit late.

Tessa

To make up for my blunder the last few weeks I want to share some exquisite photogrpahs from Natalie. If you like nature, parks and water photos take a gamble through this link to Natalie’s blog. I love her photos and she lives in a beautiful area.

Thanks to Natalie, the Explorer, for hosting this prompt.

Grab a chair and something to drink. If you were here, I would tell you that I am becoming very much more frightened about where my health is going. I know I have a terminal illness, and they can’t tell me how much longer it is going to be before I kick the bucket, as the doctor puts it. I’m not sure if knowing would be better or not. By not knowing, there is still hope, but the symptoms are worsening, and I can’t ignore them. I sometimes wish that I knew how much time I have left, and other times I am glad that I don’t know.

I hope my glasses arrive soon. Still waiting for them. I can barely see clearly. Everything is bleary.

My feet are so swollen that wearing anything on them is very uncomfortable. I am getting another dosage of antibiotic and then will go on a reduced dose daily.

I am in constant pain and can’t breathe easily. The morphine isn’t helping the breathing as they hoped it would. Living like this is no fun.

They are changing my home health aide who helps bathe and dress me. I don’t like the change, but I don’t have a choice.

I am glad to see the heat going. We had a very hot summer.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Tessa

Linda Writes:

Would you look at that! It’s Friday! And I’m here with your Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. It’s been an incredibly long week, especially considering I was convinced on Monday that it was already Friday. Here’s this week’s prompt:

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “hand.” Use it as a noun, use it as a verb, use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

After you’ve written your Saturday post tomorrow, please link it here to this week’s prompt page and check to make sure it’s here in the comments so others can find it and see your awesome Stream of Consciousness post. Anyone can join in!

To make your post more visible, use our beautiful SoCS badge! Just paste it in your Saturday post so people browsing the reader will immediately know your post is stream of consciousness and/or pin it as a widget to your site to show you’re a participant. Wear it with pride!

After I played my trumpet solo, they clapped hands to show their appreciation. I was terrified and so glad it was over. 

Not too long after that, I fell down on a bottle and smashed it into my hand, causing multiple cuts that needed treatment at the hospital. My hand became infected by the time we made it to the hospital. It all happened because someone asked me to hand them a bottle of beer, and it slipped out of my hand. You have to hand it to me, I do some of the craziest things.

Tessa

Trents Rules

Hi All! I hope you are doing well and have plenty to smile about this week. For me, it is Cape Cod. Yes, I know, I have done it many times, but it still makes me smile, so it counts 🙂 I will talk about a few things I did to qualify that smile.

I went to the beach, took a medium-long walk and went “swimming.” OK, I waded in up to my chest, dove into an incoming wave (it was rough), did two quick strokes underwater and then came up and walked into shore. But it counts as swimming!

I did a run which takes me on the beach access road, so I can see sand and waves for about 2 1/2 miles (4 km). That run ended up being my fastest 10 km run since I started wearing my sports watch in February.

I did a nice kayak paddle.

I did a lot of walks.

I did some astrophotography but wasn’t very successful. No worries – it is the first time out in months, so it was nice to get back into practice.

I saw a play/musical “Come from Away.” Five cast members had done the show on Broadway, with two originating their parts, and all of the other cast members are known entities on Broadway and TV, so they did a great job.

There might be more, but that gives you an idea 🙂

So that was my smile for the week, spending some quality time on Cape Cod.

What made you smile?

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Well my nurse has set up a morphine schedule so I will get it on a set time, but there is a problem at the moment so I have to wait until they straighten it out in the system. Good and Bad!

Tessa

“Your heart is made to break; its purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold evermore wonders. Andrew Harvey. 

This week, the weekend challenge from Susan and me is the word Burgeoning.

Our challenges are as flexible as you’d like them to be. Interpret them in a way that suits you — words, Pictures, Poetry, or Rhyme.

Please tag #Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge Burgeoning.

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Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge

Chaz and Carli entered the burgeoning coffee shop that was so full there were no empty tables to be found. They pushed their way through the ever-growing crowd that was rapidly filling the small room with customers on their afternoon break.

Chaz headed to the side window, where there was usually a seat since most people didn’t like to sit in the open window. Chaz and Carli loved that seat, and being on display didn’t bother them. They just wanted a seat. 

Thankfully, the seat was open. They had a lot to talk about. They had just gotten engaged and were excited to discuss their wedding plans.  Chaz, unlike many young men, was eager to help plan the wedding. 

They were planning a small wedding, and so this small chapel on Country Way was perfect for them. It would seat around 40 people. Twenty on each side of the aisle. They were planning mainly for family and a few friends. 

It was a non-denominational faith, so their mixed denominations wouldn’t matter.

They were planning a 2-week honeymoon in the Bahamas. They would stay at the casino on Paradise Island. Chaz would go scuba diving most of the time, while Carli sunbathed and walked the island, and did water exercise classes in the pool. They were also looking forward to the nightlife. The food was supposed to be sensational.

Time flew, and as dinnertime approached, they got ready to leave so they could get ready for their fancy engagement dinner. They had invited 50 people, and 40 were coming.

They arrived an hour before dinner and made sure everything was ready to go. They had a sit-down meal, and they checked with the kitchen to make sure it was ready to go. The bar was set up in the corner and was well-stocked. 

They each had one witness. They were keeping it small. The witnesses were the best friends of each of them. They arrived and sat at the main table for the four of them. 

Everyone arrived on time, and the dinner started half an hour into the scheduled time. Chaz and Carli were happy as could be. Everything was going off without a hitch. 

Everyone wanted to see Carli’s ring. It was beautiful.

The D.J. started, and the requests came in fast and furious. Everyone was happy with the music. The four hours passed, and everyone was sorry to see it end.

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Photo by Olegs Jonins (jo_negatives) on Unsplash

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Tessa