100 Words – A Fearful Strength

by Melinda on 1st February 2012

in 100 Words, Month With A View: Feb-2012

The 100 Word Challenge For Grown-Ups this week 29. This week Julia gives us the word:

Wednesday

I get out of bed every morning not because I am stronger than you, but because I fear how not getting up may further devastate my life. I fear for the message it would send to the children and the lie it makes of how their father and I raised them. I fear inevitable interventions from family and friends, and attendant loss of privacy. I fear these four walls may become safety and early walks in the countryside, camera in pocket, a thing of the past. I fear had I stayed in bed this Wednesday morning I could have missed this:

Wednesday Sun - Julia 100 Word Challenge

 

Melinda


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