Happy Columbus Day! Happy Monday! Guess what day it is, guess - what - day - it - is! LOL!
It's flash fic contest day! Yay!
Today's judge is @lakersmom37, who won the second flash contest. In real life, she's known as Teresa. Teresa and her high school sweetheart have been married for nearly 25 years, have two grown children, and reside in rural western Kentucky. In Teresa's spare time, she enjoys reading as well as writing Twilight fanfiction under the pen name, Edward's my obsession1971.
Here's the beautiful prompt she's chosen. Have fun with it, and remember: 100 - 300 words by midnight tonight!
Growing into adulthood was one of the hardest things in the world. You didn’t have a choice in the matter. It wasn’t as if you could tell the world to put things on hold.
ReplyDeleteHey universe, could you pause a minute so I can just catch up?
Heck, I would’ve been happy if I could just get some sunshine back into my life.
But instead I had to live with the reality that everyday that went by meant I was getting old and it was becoming my responsibility to grown into my own.
I walked through our town and my eyes caught sight of the boy next door. The same one who would share his popsicles with me in the heat of summer and the same one who kissed me for the first time under the full moon.
I knew what was happening. I was there when he got the news. He had been drafted to go fight a war bigger than all of us.
I couldn’t look at him without tears filling me eyes and those moments were when I cursed becoming an adult the most. I couldn’t be weak. But how could I be strong when I had no control over anything.
My heart hurt with the thought of losing him. But I was stuck.
He gave me a wave from across the street and I felt a pulling in my gut. We walked toward each other and that was when I saw the sign behind him.
Nurses Are Needed Now.
It was like a light beamed down on the sign and everything fit into place. I could use this newfound adulthood to do good and follow the boy I loved into hell and back.
I smiled.
For the first time in months, I felt hopeful.
@TinsleyWarren
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Dearest Diana,
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t be happier that you have decided to follow in your Auntie’s footsteps and become a nurse.
I always knew that I wanted to be a nurse. Growing up during the Great Depression, it didn’t seem like it was going to be a reality.
After Pearl Harbor was bombed, Nana and I volunteered at the Red Cross every week. I had been volunteering for about two years when I saw a poster that changed my life. The Army Nurse Corps was recruiting, and free nursing training was being offered. I couldn’t believe it – I never thought that something good could come out of the war. I went that same day and signed up. I didn’t think of how Nana and Papa would receive the news. All I could see was that I finally had a chance to have my dream come true.
As soon as my training was completed, I was shipped overseas. No amount of training could prepare me for the reality of nursing in a combat zone. More than once, enemy shelling came too close and we had to pack up the entire hospital and move to a safer location. Somehow, we kept the boys in our care alive no matter what the circumstances.
Nursing in a combat zone definitely wasn’t for everyone – many of the nurses went home as soon as they could. I loved it – it didn’t matter how scary or sad a day was, I always knew that I was exactly where I belonged. I stayed in the army after the war ended because I couldn’t imagine being a nurse anywhere else.
Best of luck as you start this exciting journey. I hope you find as much joy in nursing as I have.
I love you,
Auntie K
@darcysmom
Words: 296
Thank you both for flashing for me!
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