Think back about …
Mending Fences
From childhood we’ve learned that part of life is losing and misplacing friendships, and then making efforts to reunite and make amends. Some friendships break up over disagreements or wrong choices - real or perceived - that are made. And sometimes life just takes you down different roads until one day you meet again. Do you remember a friendship lost until the two of you managed to patch things up, or managed to track each other down after many years, or across many miles? Or are you still hoping for that to happen before it’s too late? Think back about Mending Fences and share forward!Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
Song Lyrics that Fit
by
Jim Willis
Sometimes the fences that need mending exist right within the family.
Mending Fences: An Exercise In Futility
Right, friendships. Those things we forge in the furnace of youth, fueled by shared baseball card collections and a [...]
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View from the Mountaintop, July 1972: Sisyphus is Headed this Way
by
tingletlc
Dear Kids — This week I have a true adventure story for you. The stars are: You, because the fact that you are far away gives [...]
Prompted By View from the Mountaintop
January 18, 2017
Not Always Forever
by
melv
I believe they loved each other, but that's never enough. Not for an entire life together.
Prompted By Weddings
June 13, 2018
Think back about …
Mending Fences
From childhood we’ve learned that part of life is losing and misplacing friendships, and then making efforts to reunite and make amends. Some friendships break up over disagreements or wrong choices - real or perceived - that are made. And sometimes life just takes you down different roads until one day you meet again. Do you remember a friendship lost until the two of you managed to patch things up, or managed to track each other down after many years, or across many miles? Or are you still hoping for that to happen before it’s too late? Think back about Mending Fences and share forward!Upcoming Prompts
Refer a Friend to Retrospect
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