Hello fellow Friday Fictioneers bloggers! Boy have I missed you guys! The past few weeks have been crazy busy for me and, now that things have finally started to settle down, I’m excited to participate again. If you’re visiting my blog and stumbled across this by happenstance, welcome! On Fridays, I try to challenge myself by participating in a group led by author Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Basically, bloggers are challenged to create a short (100 word) fiction story based on the same photo prompt. It’s really awesome to see what other people are able to come up with. This week’s photo was provided by Beth Carter. Without further adieu, I present to you “The Journey“.
It was a warm, sunny afternoon in San Diego when I started my journey. I saw one year, thousands of miles of coast, and a lot of new friends along the way. In the beginning, I’ll admit, I had a sheltered life that offered little understanding of the outside world. Along the way, though, my journey introduced me to the homeless, the lonely, the richest of the rich, the famous, and the everyday heroes. I learned that people are kind and loving. I learned there is no such thing as “normal”.
I learned that life is never what you’d expect it to be…
Now that I’m home, where do I go from here?
It's An Ordinary Blog 
You go out on the road again.
We should always be on that ‘road’ to understand others, right?! 🙂
Great take on the prompt!
Thanks so much for the kind words and for taking the time to stop by! 🙂
“Normal” is a setting on a washing machine and 98.6 on a Fahrenheit thermometer. Now that we’ve settled that…I enjoyed your sweet take on the prompt.
Shalom,
Rochelle
So true, Rochelle. I’ve never really cared for the word, ‘normal’ anyway. You just can’t put people in a box, we’re all different.
When you’ve experienced a journey like that, I am not sure you can go home again.
What is home, really?! Not a place but a state of mind…
“I learned that life is never what you’d expect it to be…” this is so true.
Nice job. It’s sounds like her journey is not finished. Sometimes you don’t figure that out until you arrive at your destination. Well done .
Definitely get back out on the road.
this line: “… when I first started my journey.” i wonder if you can take out “first” and keep the same meaning. if you can’t put “second” in there or any other word, then i think first isn’t needed. just “when i started my journey.”
also, you can save a handful of words if you remove the repeated words here: “… to the homeless, the lonely, the richest of the rich, the famous, and the everyday heroes.” and try “… to the homeless, lonely, richest of the rich, famous, and everyday heroes.”
as for meaning – well done. personal searches are important.
As always, I appreciate that you took the time to read my story this week. I went ahead and took out the “first” per your suggestion. I’m still debating whether or not I should take your advise on how wordy the last part of my story is. Grammar wise, I know your suggestion would make it better. 🙂