Think back about …
Pain
Surely we’ve all had pain in our lives — both physical and mental. By definition pain is an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage to one’s bodily or mental health. And because pain is an individual and completely subjective experience, no two people respond or tolerate it in the same way. What kind of pain — either physical or emotional — have you endured? Was it alleviated? If so, how? Think back about Pain and share forward!Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt
MOTHERF-
by
Dave Ventre
There, we learn profanity before we learn of the adventures of Dick and Jane. Letting fly a string of curses when angry or [...]
You Know You’re Getting Old When Pain Becomes Your Best Friend
Alright, alright alright, let’s talk about pain. You know, that delightful little companion that shows up uninvited and [...]
Organ Recitals
by
Laurie Levy
My friends and I often engage in organ recitals — Not the musical type but rather what is hurting today and can it be fixed.
Sciatica
Sciatica Altho I’ve borne a child I can’t say I’ve experienced the pain of childbirth. Early in my labor the doctor [...]
Migraine
Migraine I must have been 11 or 12 the first time it hit me. I was sitting in the back seat with my friend Paula as her [...]
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The Day I met Bruce Springsteen
For 40 years my life has intertwined with the music of Bruce Springsteen. On Tuesday I was priveledged to meet Bruce, and it [...]
October 7, 2016
An Up and Down Year
by
Betsy Pfau
The radio alarm woke me the morning of June 6, 1968. I listened to the news, silently wept and pulled the covers over my [...]
Prompted By 1968
July 3, 2018
Think back about …
Pain
Surely we’ve all had pain in our lives — both physical and mental. By definition pain is an unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential damage to one’s bodily or mental health. And because pain is an individual and completely subjective experience, no two people respond or tolerate it in the same way. What kind of pain — either physical or emotional — have you endured? Was it alleviated? If so, how? Think back about Pain and share forward!Upcoming Prompts
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