I’m playing along today again with Lisa Jo Baker’s Five Minute Friday writing prompt. If you’ve never heard of it, it is a fun but challenging one. 5 minutes to write with no edits or looking back.
Honestly, I hate this prompt today.
I don’t want to go where I know it will take me.
I don’t want to talk about the deep ugly moments of being broken.
I don’t to talk about that time I kind of ruined a friends birthday because I was careless with my words.
I don’t want to talk about the hymn “How Great Thou Art” moves me to tears because I’ve sung it at every funeral I’ve ever been to.
I don’t want talk about how it is much easier for me to forgive than it is to wait to be forgiven by the people I love.
I don’t want to talk about the night I learned you miscarried. And how hard it was on me to sit and grieve with you.
I don’t want to talk about meaningful you are in my life. And about how I’m sure I will be lost without you someday.
I don’t want to talk about how thankful I am for my babies and husband and this beautiful mess of a life we get to have together.
I don’t want to talk about this. Or about how reading about it rocked me to my core and made me sick to my stomach.
I don’t want to talk about my struggles as a motherless mother.
I don’t want to talk knowing there are kids Malone’s age that do not get enough to eat.
All of these things shattered. Crumbled like a dry cookie. A messy heap of tears.
Broken.
Yes. Broken is hard. But it makes us who we are! And you are a beautiful you 🙂
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Aw thanks! I really would rather write about happy stuff most days. This was a HARD prompt!
Aw. This was so heartbreaking. I don’t know how you all who do it can ever do these 5 minute challenges. They all seem so hard to me! –Lisa
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I adore them because THEY ARE HARD. I blog with my heart on my sleeve sometimes!
This prompt was a hard one for me too. Thanks for being honest with it.
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It was tough one wasn’t it? I’m sorry it was hard for you too, but glad to know that I’m not alone in thinking it was!
Broken is a hard one. Can’t help but take you to a place you don’t want to go, right? I have always put of doing the 5 minute challenge. Maybe I’ll give it a try one of these Fridays.
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Broken was a really hard one for me. I was really hesitant at first to try Five Minute Friday’s too, but they really stretch me as a person and I’ve found that my writing has grown because of the short time frame. Usually, when I write I like to take about 45 minutes to really flesh out what I want to say!
Broken would have been a hard prompt for me – but I love what you say about your beautiful mess of a family. Such a great and honest and true way to put what families are. It’s beautiful mayhem. I wouldn’t change it.
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I think that it was the hardest prompt I’ve written through- although I’m sure there are many more hard ones to come. The best thing about my family is that they are MY beautiful mess and I wouldn’t change a thing about them for the world.
All of your memories are real and honest. We are broken until we let God remind us He’s been there through it all with us. Thank you for sharing!
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