An IED bomb is a localized small blast meant to destroy one vehicle. All Michael remembers of the fateful sunny day when he met one was going outside the fence in a convoy. A month later he would be told, “Private Amanda Jennings was driving the truck behind your jeep. We had all come to accept her as one of us, but when your jeep went up, the male in us automatically took over and we made every attempt to shield her face from the sight. She cried right there on the spot; we wish we could have too.”
Written in response to Charli Mills April 9, 2020, prompt from Carrot Ranch Literary: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that declares, shield your face. It can be a knight of old, a doctor, or a senior citizen. What is the circumstance? Who makes the declaration? Go where the prompt leads!
04/13/2020 at 10:06
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04/13/2020 at 11:52
Oooh, very good, Susan.
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04/13/2020 at 13:12
Thanks Robbie.
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04/15/2020 at 19:54
It’s complicated, as long as they come to a place of mutual respect. Sisters have to work hard to be brothers. You write well into these issues with an openess.
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04/15/2020 at 22:40
Thanks Charli. I’m excited to share my Veterans Writing group got our book proof today. Just a few changes to make before we order the For Sale copies. I can’t wait to put one in the mail to you. We included a selection of the prompts we use when we meet so that other groups can use them and/or learn from our example to write their own.
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