Tag: Christmas

December 2019 Writing Prompts

~ ~M ~ 97 Comments

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Merry Christmas to all of you out there in blog land!  I hope you are all able to enjoy this holiday season, and spend it with the ones you love both far and near.  Happy writing!  😉 ~M xo

  1. Bitter berries
  2. Escaping ordinary
  3. Divinely delicious
  4. Toothless Tom
  5. Pastel patches
  6. Tumbleweed trail
  7. Great oats of fire
  8. Mazes of mystery
  9. Humorless humor
  10. Going, going, gone
  11. The best thing ever made
  12. Icy gumdrop showers
  13. The Gothic Greek giant
  14. Creameries and confectioners
  15. The life of a snowflake
  16. Visions of an empty room
  17. Along the starlit way
  18. Rambunctious reindeer
  19. At half past twelve
  20. Ruffled feathers
  21. The salty sanctuary
  22. Pieces of Marty and me
  23. After the ball
  24. Casualties of Christmas
  25. Paper airplanes
  26. The strongest link
  27. Cups and saucers
  28. Beneath the ledge
  29. Faster than a broomstick
  30. Mechanical mishaps
  31. The littlest nutcracker

If you’re new to prompt writing, and don’t really understand how to use the prompts, please consider the following writing exercise.

Settle into your favorite place in the house with a hot drink to warm your waking bones.  Once you’ve warmed up a bit; grab your journal, a trusty pen, and a timer.  Then, set your timer for ten minutes and begin writing about one of the prompts.  Don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, neatness, or anything like that; just write!  Write about anything and everything that comes to your mind, and don’t stop until the ten minutes are up.

I often find myself writing short stories or poems during those ten minutes, but you can write about anything you like.  And don’t be alarmed if what you’ve written doesn’t quite make sense.  The whole idea behind doing this exercise is to get your mind ready and working so that you can begin your day.  Just think of it as exercise for your brain, and once you’ve done your ten minutes of writing, you’ll feel more prepared to tackle the rest of your day.

As always, I will be writing and posting over on my other blog, which can be found here. So please come visit me if you get a chance, and hopefully I can keep up with all of you!

And one last thing before I forget!  I made a quick tutorial for those of you who have been having trouble trying to figure out how to Pingback your posts.  Please go here, if you’d like to view the tutorial.  đŸ˜‰

Dear Santa…

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Dear Santa,

Everyone is starting to tell me that you aren’t really real.  But Santa, I want you to know that I still believe in you.  Don’t get me wrong, I know that the Santa at the mall isn’t really you, but actually just one of your many helpers.  Yet I know you really must exist, because my mom told me that you’re best friends with God, and I know she wouldn’t lie.  God seems really far away, and I’m not quite sure he actually hears me sometimes.  So Santa, could you please give him a message for me?  This Christmas, all I want is for all the sick people in the world to be healed and for everyone to be happy.  Even if it’s just for one day.  So could you please ask him for me?  I wrote him a letter last year, and I don’t think he got it, as it is still on my window sill.  I know it’s a lot to ask, but it’s really all I want.  Thanks Santa, you’re the best!

Love,

Michelle (8 Yrs. old)

I was recently challenged to write a letter to Santa, after I challenged my friend Paul to do the same thing.  You can read his letter here.  The letter above was based on a memory I have, of writing a letter to God when I was a little girl.  I wish I still had that letter, it would be so much fun to read now.  Anyway, hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season, and I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  And don’t forget the true reason why we celebrate.  Love you guys!  ~M  xoxo

Oh the joys of children…

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Don’t get me wrong here, I love my girls to the moon and back.  However, I’ve come to the conclusion, that the reason most parents don’t warn their own children about having babies, is simply because they realize that if they do, the human population would eventually cease to exist.

It’s not so much about the infant or toddler years.  Heck, even the grammar school age is fairly simple.  But the teenage years and a little beyond that….. Yes, those are the years I should have been forewarned about!  Plus, parents don’t warn their children about having kids, because they have to be able to get even somehow!  Lol….

Anyway, my children are driving me insane right now, and if God doesn’t intervene soon, I may not make it through the end of this month!  I am dealing with a wedding this week.  Yes, my second oldest this time around.  And if my two oldest daughters can’t be civil with one another, I fear I may not survive!

Just a few more weeks…. I’m home free after December 31st!  Hope I last that long!  😉

 

Merry Christmas!

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Just finished watching the movie “White Christmas” which is one of my favorites.  The day has been long… full of last minute preparations for tomorrow.

The kids are all tucked in now and I just saw Santa outside on the roof across the street.  I suppose he will be stopping by soon; so I better get to bed so that I don’t get caught being up past my bedtime.  😉 

To all of my blogging buddies, have a very Merry Christmas!  ~M