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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Making Love Stay...

The Trifecta challenge this weekend: 33 words of first person narrative...


I feel her slipping away. And who could blame her? I see her only briefly a couple times a week. I have to stop trying to find time. I have to make time.


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  1. Valerie BoersmaMarch 2, 2013 at 9:04 AM

    This is very true-and you said it brilliantly in so few words too! Well done!

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  2. DraugMarch 2, 2013 at 9:09 AM

    It's funny how much of a difference there is between find and make (: Great piece!

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  3. AtreyeeMarch 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    Wow!What a perfectly balanced piece this is!Loved what you said & I agree-time is the best gift that we can give another:-)

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  4. AnonymousMarch 2, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    Make time - I sure would like to be able to. :-)

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  5. barbaraMarch 2, 2013 at 12:46 PM

    sad story - that of a love lost because of "lack" of time. Well done.

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  6. kymmMarch 2, 2013 at 4:42 PM

    Excellent resolution.

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  7. UttleyMarch 2, 2013 at 4:45 PM

    This is a true, ongoing sketch of my relationship right now, and the challenge inspired me to make time this very morning. Funny how a simple writing challenge can inspire you to do some work on your greatest work of art - your life.

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  8. Thomas Charles MacInnesMarch 2, 2013 at 7:43 PM

    Good reminder about having our priorities straight when it comes to those things most important to us. Fortunately, things like poverty, ill health, violence, don't inhibit my freedom to choose how best to allot my time....most of the time, anyway. :) Having the freedom to do with your time as you see fit is one of the best luxuries one can enjoy.

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  9. lumdog2012March 2, 2013 at 9:01 PM

    This is so true, yet utterly elusive to some people who don't see this in themselves. Barring situations mentioned by Tom (above), there is no excuse. Thanks for this thoughtful entry.

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  10. UnknownMarch 2, 2013 at 10:49 PM

    Hmmm - Now I know how Mr. S feels being a 'blog widower' as I pound the key board nightly and he watches the idiot box upstairs.... he says he has patience...but for how long.

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  11. Jester QueenMarch 2, 2013 at 11:27 PM

    The burn of any parent having to balance things. This one feels especially like a character who is a noncustodial parent whose access to the child is limited less by a former partner and more by a demanding schedule. But it doesn't have to be that. My Mom worked second shift, and if I didn't stay up until 11PM, I didn't see her at all during the week, because she didn't get to bed until 2AM (her job was stressful - it took that long to decompress) and I had to be up at 6 or 7 for school, then she was gone again before I got home.

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  12. brudbergMarch 3, 2013 at 10:22 AM

    Hmm, does that mean we will see less entries from you,;-) ?

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  13. Tara R.March 3, 2013 at 11:51 AM

    Love can be hard work, but the perks are pretty good.

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  14. tedstrutzMarch 3, 2013 at 5:15 PM

    Excellent...

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