Challenge
In 100 words or less, describe a life changing scene or situation (wedding, birth, death, leaving home, etc...) without mentioning what the situation is.
Empty
Dread fills my empty stomach as I think about what comes next. The holidays are always so hard. An ache and a rumble.
I need this.
An ache and a rumble.
No, you don't, she whispers in my ear. Her voice is comforting in all of the wrong ways.
It is just one dinner. With family. I will survive.
And yet, I fill my plate up with nothing but steamed broccoli.
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