Saturday, September 18, 2021

Moving day -- Perspective

I don’t know about you, but I dread moving. All that sorting, packing, giving things away, or throwing them out. We have new neighbors across the street. It’s their second day in the house and the woman didn’t even want to walk to the mailbox at the end of her driveway. She is exhausted. 


We joked about how we could do things when we were younger that now must be accomplished in smaller steps. That got me thinking about different perspectives on moving day. Someone in grade school that is forced to move away from friends and school because their mom took a new job in another city has a different perspective than the mom. Someone who has a moving company pack and move them, will have a different perspective from one who has to pack everything themselves. Someone who is moving into their first house has a different perspective than someone leaving the house they have lived in for 40 years. And what about pets?



Pumping Your Muse writing prompt

For today’s writing prompt, pick one of the following prompts and create a moving-day scene. Be sure to include a range of emotions, and end the scene with them walking/driving away. Here the one element of interest to add: one thing left behind (either purposely or by accident).

  • Couple moving to a bigger place because they are expecting a baby
  • Child moving to another state
  • Family dog/cat moving with family 500 miles away
  • A relationship has ended and one of the two people is moving out
  • A situation of your own that’s true

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About The Inheritance by Donna Sundblad

Written within the allegorical tradition of classics like Pilgrim's Progress, The Inheritance offers a literal but symbolic story for today's fantasy enthusiasts. This cleverly devised tale doesn't tell you what to think, but stimulates thought as to why you believe what you believe in your own quest for the Eternal City. The Inheritance is an ideal discussion starter for youth groups, homeschoolers, and families who enjoy meaningful discussions. 

 


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About Dragonborn by Donna Sundblad

 

Dragonborn conjures up a winning fantasy with dragons, humans, time travel, and magic. Follow the journey of the young prisonguard, Ervig Greenfields, as he seeks out dragons to remove a curse. The dragons offer him access to the Labyrinth of Times, which will purge the dark magic. But there’s a catch. Erving must take the Dragon Oath that requires allegiance--to fight alongside dragons for centuries, never to return to his own time. He and a handful of others take the selfless oath and become Dragonborn. The Dragonborn and their dragons become seeds of change, in this epic tale, of sacrifice for the greater good. Ride along with them as they slip through a tear in time to the past to change the future. 

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