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Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt

Too Old to Resist Again?
In the face of injustice ... resistance.
At Least This Time It Wasn’t Futile
Resistance takes courage and commitment, two things I often find that I have a short supply of. But sometimes….even I [...]
White Coat
We were told that we would be changed by our medical training. Our tender idealism would be transformed by long hours and [...]
Anti-authoritarianism
Anti-Authoritarianism My German-born father was rather strict and accustomed to getting his own way.   When I turned 14 and [...]

New Stories on Old Prompts

Time to get out them slow-walkin’ shoes
I’m driving to work at the main post office in downtown Indianapolis.  I should be in college for my senior year, but I have [...]
Prompted By The P O
December 10, 2024
The Gift of the Marzipan Magi
Our friend John’s parents,  like my husband Danny’s,  fled Europe in the late 1930s as the Nazi horror was unfolding.  John’s [...]
Prompted By Gifts
December 6, 2024

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Resistance

Resistance is hardly an abstract concept to toddlers being put down to nap, teenagers who’ve been grounded, or grown-ups told of needed surgery. What kind of resistance have you put up to perceived injustices — as a child, as an adolescent, or as an adult protesting social injustice? Perhaps you’ve resisted exploring your own feelings or actions? Or, as from Shakespeare's Hamlet, didst thou "protest too much" to cover up a blunder or sin, perhaps to your later regret? Think back about Resistance and share forward!

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