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Contest Entries: "The Contest Challenge"  Participant"I Write in 2018" Participant"I Write in 2019" Participant"I Write in 2020" Participant2021: Independent Writing 2122: "I Write: Enter the Second Decade" Participant2123: "Twenty-three in Eleven " ParticipantThis mixed collection contains fiction, non-fiction, prose, and poetry. Entries vary in length from very short to one that is over 3000 words. 53 entries written in 2018: ▼ 53 entries written in 2019: ▼ 43 entries written in 2020 ▼ 2 entries written in 2021 ▼ Entries written in 2022 ▼ NOTE: All Titles with ~ ~ are either non-fiction or based on a true story. |
| Written for: "Three Perspectives Contest" I am using this Image Prompt:  My Story: Have I mentioned that I'm deathly afraid of heights? Well, I am telling you now—I am! As a child, I was afraid to be by the railing at the top of our staircase. My brother would torture me by sitting on the top rail, hooking his feet around the spindles , and waving his hands pretending to lose his balance. Have you heard the expression: "white knuckling it"? The photo at the top of this item gives you a good visual of the epitome of white knuckling it. I remember the experience with such clarity, I can feel the fear even now! It was my granddaughter Mikayla's eighteenth birthday and we were going sky-diving. We were suppose to jump together but things did not exactly go according to plans. All the arrangements had been made over the phone. As we approached the airport on the pre-arranged date, this is what we saw:  At one time, the sign apparently said, "Haskell Airport". On October 11, 2015, it spelled DANGER! I swallowed hard and looked at my grand-daughter, "We don't have to jump here. We can find somewhere else." Of course, if we had canceled, her first jump would not have been on her eighteenth birthday. She voted for us to forge ahead. As we drove in, we saw a row of hangers with something that looked like an attached residence at the end. It was a combination residence and office. We entered and saw a skinny fella, coffee in hand, going in and out of the kitchen. There was a row of chairs along the wall and a desk at the end of the room. After signing papers, I wrote a quick will, gave it to my son-in-law and prayed for Mikayla not to die on her eighteenth birthday. Word Count per https://wordcounter.net/: 298 words. Mikayla's Story: My first thought as I open my eyes on my eighteenth birthday: "I'm going to jump out of an airplane today!" I have been so excited, I can't believe I even slept last night. Granny made arrangements about six months ago. From then til now, I have been telling all my friends, "I am gonna go sky-diving on my birthday!" She will be here soon and the adventure will begin. Oh dear, I'm so excited, I am talking non-stop as Granny drives us. I am riding with her but so many folks are coming to watch us jump! My mom and step-dad will be there. My other granny and my grandpa. Siblings. Friends. Cousins. Aunts. Uncles. So many people! I'm glad I'm riding alone with Granny. This is her birthday present to me—and she is jumping, too! Sixty-three years old and she is gonna jump out of an airplane with me! Isn't that so cool! Yikes, we're pulling in. This place looks pretty sketchy. Granny's having second thoughts. She just asked, "Do you want to go somewhere else?" Is she kidding? Sketchy or not, NOTHING will stop me from jumping today! Ewww... The "office" is actually an apartment! Yeh, This place is way more than sketchy. As we walk in, I'm getting a bit anxious. There's a skinny dude walking around smoking and drinking coffee. He's dressed in a flight suit. Is he the owner? He is the owner. His whole family is here—and his dog! He greets me and shows me the harness I'll be using. Piglet is attached to the harness. He tells me his granddaughter gave him Piglet for protection on his jumps. Will Piglet protect me? Granny's now non-stop praying in tongues. She's asking God to protect me. Probably better than Piglet, eh? Word Count per https://wordcounter.net/: 299 words. The Sky-Diving Instructor: I wish I did not have to work today. Everybody always wants to jump on the weekend. Well, at least I have managed to make it worth my time—instead of just two jumpers (the old lady and her granddaughter), I have manage to book six other folks—eight jumps at five hundred a pop, today will be a good payday for me. What the hell? How many people are coming to watch those two? I don't have enough room for all these folks! I definitely don't have enough chairs. I guess it will be standing room only. Hmm... that eighteen-year-old is cute. What a sweetheart. The old lady, not so much. She is asking a million questions and I think she just borrowed a pen and a piece of paper to write A WILL! Maybe she should have thought of that ahead of time... Word Count per https://wordcounter.net/: 145 words. ~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~ |
| To type with Spanish punctution: https://spanish.typeit.org/ Bolded Verses Have Been Memorized: I Juan 1:9 Si confesamos nuestros pecados, él es fiel y justo para perdonar nuestros pecados, y limpiarnos de toda maldad.I Juan 1:9 Salmos 23:1 Jehová es mi pastor; nada me faltará. Salmos 23:1 Marcos 9:24b Creo; ayuda mi incredulidad.Marcos 9:24b I Crónicas 4:10 E invocó Jabes al Dios de Israel, diciendo: ¡Oh, si me dieras bendición, y ensancharas mi territorio, y si tu mano estuviera conmigo, y me libraras de mal, para que no me dañe! Y le otorgó Dios lo que pidió. Santiago 2:17 Así también la fe, si no tiene obras, es muerta en sí misma. Santiago 2:17 Santiago 1:7 No piensa, pues, quien tal haga, que recíbirá cosa alguna del Senior. Santiago 1:7 Efesios 2:10 Porque somos hechura suya, creados en Cristo Jesus para buenas obras, las cuales Dios preparo de antemano para que anduviesemos en ellas. Efesios 2:10 Below verses are from this video: Isaías 41:10-13 Nueva Versión Internacional 10 Así que no temas, porque yo estoy contigo; no te angusties, porque yo soy tu Dios. Te fortaleceré y te ayudaré; te sostendré con la diestra de mi justicia. 11 Todos los que se enfurecen contra ti sin duda serán avergonzados y humillados; los que se te oponen serán como nada, como si no existieran. 12 Aunque busques a tus enemigos, no los encontrarás. Los que te hacen la guerra serán como nada, como si no existieran. 13 Porque yo soy el Señor tu Dios, que sostiene tu mano derecha; yo soy quien te dice: “No temas, yo te ayudaré”. Isaías 40:27-31 Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian) 27 ¿Por qué murmuras, Jacob?¿Por qué refunfuñas, Israel: «Mi camino está escondido del Señor; mi Dios ignora mi derecho»? 28 ¿Acaso no lo sabes? ¿Acaso no te has enterado? El Señor es el Dios eterno, creador de los confines de la tierra. No se cansa ni se fatiga, y su inteligencia es insondable. 29 Él fortalece al cansado y acrecienta las fuerzas del débil. 30 Aun los jóvenes se cansan, se fatigan, y los muchachos tropiezan y caen; 31 pero los que confían en el Señor renovarán sus fuerzas; volarán como las águilas: correrán y no se fatigarán, caminarán y no se cansarán. Éxodo 14:13-14 Nueva Versión Internacional 13 —No tengan miedo —les respondió Moisés—. Mantengan sus posiciones, que hoy mismo serán testigos de la salvación que el Señor realizará en favor de ustedes. A esos egipcios que hoy ven, ¡jamás volverán a verlos! 14 Ustedes quédense quietos, que el Señor presentará batalla por ustedes. Isaías 43:1-3 Nueva Versión Internacional 1 Pero ahora, así dice el Señor, el que te creó, Jacob, el que te formó, Israel: «No temas, que yo te he redimido; te he llamado por tu nombre; tú eres mío. 2 Cuando cruces las aguas, yo estaré contigo; cuando cruces los ríos, no te cubrirán sus aguas; cuando camines por el fuego, no te quemarás ni te abrasarán las llamas. 3 Yo soy el Señor tu Dios, el Santo de Israel, tu Salvador... ~ ~ ~ Jesús es jefe! ~ ~ ~ |
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