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A Year

August 26, 2011 by Elaine

It was a year since he had seen her.And now here she was, holding a baby, about 3 months old.He looked into his own eyes as he approached. I wrote this for this prompt from Write On Edge:Let’s lighten it up around here. And when I say lighten, I mean REALLY lighten.This week’s assignment will…

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The Phone Call

April 15, 2011 by Elaine

This post is my attempt at fiction, written for the following prompt from The Red Dress Club…“In the middle of the night, you (“you” being the character in my story) get an urgent call from a friend you haven’t talked to in years. Something terrible has happened. What is it and why is he/she calling…

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I’m Perfect Because…

March 31, 2011 by Elaine

I found some dust on my new granite counter tops after the cleaning lady left the other day. I was so upset. What do I pay that woman for? To leave dust? I think not. And then the landscaper forgot to even up one of the hedges out front. I wanted to scream. Some may…

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Filed Under: fiction, TRDC, writing

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Miss Elaine-ous Me

Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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