Category Archives: Prompts

Today I noticed… {A Writing Prompt Reflection}

I’ve been doing a 10 day writing challenge using the opening prompt, “Today I noticed…” I wrote this on Saturday, after we experienced 6 inches of snowfall. Our trees hadn’t yet shed their leaves for the winter, and many weren’t ready to bear the weight of the snow with the leaves. Today I noticed theContinue reading “Today I noticed… {A Writing Prompt Reflection}”

{Writing Wednesday: Thoughts on Savoring This Season}

It’s been a minute since I’ve done a #writingwednesday, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been on my mind. Finding the routine of school again after so many months of it looking vastly different has been good, but it’s also been challenging. Speaking of challenging, today’s post is about a reflection prompt that I foundContinue reading “{Writing Wednesday: Thoughts on Savoring This Season}”

{Rise}

This post is part of a series from the hope*writers New Year Writing Challenge.  Here is my post from day 7: Rise. The trees rise to meet the clouds, their needles and branches sway in the wind.  Carrying the weight of the world and the snow in their branches, in their strong, sure hands.  AsContinue reading “{Rise}”

{Brave}

This post is part of a series from the hope*writers New Year Writing Challenge.  Here is my post from day 6: Brave. When I think about moments of bravery that I have encountered in my life, there doesn’t seem to be a big preamble or defining moment.  It is nearly always everyday people facing circumstancesContinue reading “{Brave}”

{Slow}

This post is part of a series from the hope*writers New Year Writing Challenge.  Here is my post from day 5: Slow. Slow. Slow down. Don’t be in a hurry. Go slower than you think. Around here, when the world turns white, it’s a reminder to slow down.  Everything stills.  The quiet of snow remindsContinue reading “{Slow}”

{Dream}

This post is part of a series from the hope*writers New Year Writing Challenge.  Here is my post from day 4: Dream. Dreams are funny, funny things.  Sometimes they come true, and sometimes they are deferred, and sometimes they remain a dream, but I don’t think they are ever really exactly what we thought theyContinue reading “{Dream}”

{Open}

This post is part of a series from the hope*writers New Year Writing Challenge.  Here is my post from day 3: Open. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to eat with him, and he with me.”  Revelation 3:20 ESV OpenContinue reading “{Open}”

{Light}

This post is part of a series from the hope*writers New Year Writing Challenge.  Here is my post from day 2: Light. “In him was life, and the life was the light of men.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:4-5 ESV Light of man Darkness defeatedContinue reading “{Light}”