Linking up again with Five Minute Friday at the lovely Lisa-Jo Baker‘s.The rules: write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.Hop over to her place to find out the full scoop behind FMF, and to visit other posts that were freely written in just five minutes.
This weeks prompt: STORY
GO:
siblings, an old house, a move to a new suburb. girlfriends and bike rides, playing ‘statues’ after dark in the yard. dances and a first kiss and car accidents. musicals and plays, band and choir, speech team and flag line. driving away to the big city. this is my childhood story.
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airports and kisses and simple, sweet joy. 7 hour drives, often taken overnight. jars of clay, date nights, so.many.phone calls. a broken heart. a mutual friend who believed in us. sugar beets and late nights, pizza and glistening snow. an airport proposal, a May wedding. still waking up to his sweet face. this is my love story.
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trying and testing. pain and tears, then hope shattered. bleeding and losing and defeat. starting over new. redemption with curly hair and blue eyes. another loss, somehow both deeper and lighter. pressing on in hope. this is my mama story.
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all these words and so, so many more make up His story for me, and to be in it I am utterly grateful.
STOP
-anna
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I love every step of your story and I can’t to watch from afar to see the next chapter He will write for you.
Loved this — identifying with some it & amazed how eloquent your chosen words were.
This is amazing and beautiful, friend. He is writing an incredible story for you. Thank you for giving me a chance to be a teeny, tiny part of it. I just love your heart…blessings and happy Friday, sweet friend! 🙂
“…somehow both deeper and lighter. pressing on in hope.”
Oh, how I want to just sit down with you and hear your whole story. The hope coming from the hurt is something that I know in different moments of my life. You beautifully shared your heart and I was deeply brought in. Thank you for this.
Loved it! What a great little glimpse into the different steps in your life! You should put those words into an art piece, just something simple, and frame them as a set. That would be adorable 🙂
wonderful winding and blending the back then to the now… good job.
So many memories encapsulated here. And they’re so beautiful. You have shared so much in such a succinct, elegant way.
you live a beautiful story and are a stunning story-teller. love your heart. also – on a mission to teach madi to say “hi sam” and return your voxer message 😉
I love how you broke this down to your different stories and weaved them all together to be you. Love, love, love.
So, in the wee morning hours when I read your story last night, my mind apparently filled in different words for your “mama story”. But I read it again today and those words really sunk in.
I am right there with you, sweet friend. I’m sorry my message last night was a little too jubilant for the content I was responding to.
I do think the love story would make an adorable piece of word art though 🙂
Praying for your heart today.
What a beautiful, touching way to tell your story. So many emotions packed into those words.
So much encapsulated by single, individual words. Thank you for using your gift to paint a glimpse into your story for us …
Love all your stories! I hope you’re writing them down!
Loved the idea of giving over authorship to God. Enjoyed your post!
Laura Hedgecock
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Wonderful story! Thank you for sharing it with us.
It’s a beautiful story! Just think of all the beauty He’s authoring for your tomorrow.