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The Stalker

30 Tuesday Sep 2014

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Kate hummed along the radio as she prepared her breakfast. She was cheerful busting moves between scrambling eggs. Through the opened window of the kitchen fall breeze made its way inside, making her breezy too. 
Music from the radio stopped and an advertisement started playing. Kate looked out the window devouring the beautiful backyard views. Her mind was racing to stop from worrying about the stalker.
She had decided that it’s time to catch him before he caught her. Every moment became dreaded for the past few months in the futile effort to hide from him. The more she was afraid the more he came close to her. Even when he was not around Kate had many nightmares about their next encounter. Neither could she stop thinking about him when he was away nor could she confront him when she knew he was near.
She was tired of all the negativeness going on in her life. Before Kate knew it, she went from happily married to divorced. She would have made it through, if her daughter’s custody was given to her. How easily her husband’s lawyer made it look like her daughter is in danger if she lives with Kate because of the stalker.
Every one left her alone, but the stalker, whose presence she felt more with each passing day. He was the hairy monster from whom she was running away.
She was so exhausted that she wanted to end her monotonous, unworthy life. And that’s when realized that she is giving up easily. She decided that she will hunt him down, the reason which took everything away from her life and deal with him.
Kate made some changes in her life. She noticed that his presence was felt more when she was completely alone, idling her day away. So she started to go for jogging after almost two years. She found it exhilarating after all these time. Though she was cautious she never saw him lurking near her when she took long strides that energized both her body and mind. 
Kate was prepared to confront him the moment he popped in though she made sure that she enjoyed each moment to the fullest. 
She started to go out more often with her beloved camera. Photography was her passion. Kate couldn’t even remember how and why she stopped capturing wonderful moments as she used to do. Was it because the moments weren’t pretty as before or was it she who failed to see the beautiful moments fleeing right before her eyes, she wondered.
After spending her days indulging in activities she was once fond of and still haven’t seen him anywhere near she was feeling more confident.
After breakfast Kate made plans with her friend Ginny to meet at the cafe. Ginny was happy that Kate called her after so long.
When they met Kate was much happier. After the initial chit chats Ginny couldn’t resist but ask about the depression Kate was going through wondering if she was actually depressed seeing such major changes in her. 
Kate was calm and composed. She replied, “There were times I realized that I was depressed, but I chose to blame my circumstances instead of admitting that I needed help. But once I accepted that and decided that I’m gonna live after all, taming depression became much easier. I have accepted that I have wounds from the past but I’m not going to let those hurt my present or future. It took all energy and focus to come in terms with reality, but I’m there now. I refuse to live as a victim of depression.”
Sometimes all it takes is to turn around and have a face to face encounter with the troubles than running away from it, to make the life a little better. Yes, depression is real, it can ruin one’s life so bad and hence to tackle this stalker it needs a lot of effort. Getting the right aid and giving the right care is what a depressed person needs. Not the sympathy, not the fruitless encouragements about what a big deal life is. Be the inspiration in finding lost courage and hope within, just be there as a ladder of hope! 

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Its Time

28 Sunday Sep 2014

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PHOTO PROMPT Copyright – Marie Gail Stratford

Is that a pattern? Or some decorative lights? He strained his eyes to get a better look, but the blur was more pronounced now.
“Where am I?”
The streaming light behind the pattern caught his attention. The gushed in light flooded his eyes that he wanted to go back to the calmness of dark he was used to by now.
Then he saw the mysterious figure formed by the light and as he walked towards it the blur disappeared to reveal his long gone pet friend.
“It doesn’t matter where we are going, does it now Fluffy?”

Linking this 97 words fiction based on the above photo prompt to Friday Fictioners hosted by Rochelle.

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Little joys

26 Friday Sep 2014

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Amy laughed happily making the spin wheel turn fast with every blow, as her mother, Kristy, sat beside her in the park bench looking at her with a smile on her lips, though her eyes screamed concerns and worries for her autistic daughter.
She wasn’t bothered about the society looking at Amy with pity, nor about her once close friends who rarely visits her now because they don’t like Amy playing with their kids instead the sympathies and actions that didn’t extend beyond words enriched Kristy in compartmentalizing herself from the outside world and her world with Amy.
At the age of nineteen, Amy was nothing like her peers – she played with paints making a mess of it instead of making colorful pictures, got excited at the sight of stars and moon, jumped up and down seeing a clown, cried her eyes out when her mom was out of her sight, ran to her mom like a toddler.
Amy’s every smile lit up Kristy’s life though she worried about a tomorrow when she was not around to take care of Amy. Kristy thought, when life turns the wheel bringing in new tomorrows, Amy might find it hard to come in terms with life’s terms but today she is happy that she can spin the toy in her hand; tomorrow’s demons shall be dealt with, in due time!
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Linking this to Five Sentence Fiction prompt – Wheels hosted by Lillie Mcferrin.

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Blended Living #WordlessWednesday 3

25 Thursday Sep 2014

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Blended Living

 

Vines frisking away
Leaves composing a vignette
Butterflies fluttering
Nature painted a pretty picture
Alluring fluffy clouds
Down to earth!
Linking this to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Ruchira at ABRACABADRA and to SkyWatch Friday

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Grief.

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

Posted by Vinitha in Five Sentence Fiction, Poem, The Void Thoughts

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Grief, the dreaded word, the gruesome feeling,
unfolding ghastly moments .
Grief, unearthing the frenzy
within the sane ones,
despised, looked upon gravely.
Yet happiness got its many colors 
by the mere existence
 of horrid grief.
Atrocious moments needs
grieving to get by.
Though cringed, grief too is significant
in completing joy. 
Written for Five Sentence Fiction prompt – Grief hosted by Lillie Mcferrin.
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I want you to know..

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

Posted by Vinitha in Blogging, Void or not its my Thought!

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Blogging has given me an opportunity to connect with other people. Random people, living in different corners of the world, but holding similar views as mine. When someone new comments on my blog I feel heavily appreciated. The pleasure all these random strangers brings just by leaving a comment or a like is immeasurable.
These random people include not just strangers but sometimes friends of friends too, whom otherwise I would not have known about.
As living beings, connecting with one another is essential for our existence. And the endless connections that can be made in the blogging world is phenomenal. I am fairly active in Social media. But I don’t usually accept friend requests from strangers nor do I send friend requests to strangers. Even among friends from school days, I check if there are enough mutual friends and weigh in if I would like that particular contact to have access to my profile a lot before actually accepting the request. But in the blogging world it is very simple. After reading one or two posts the connection starts developing. It is not about knowing where you are from or what you have been up to. It doesn’t matter what your relationship status is or your appearance or your lively hood or the your bank balance. It is as simple as ‘I would to know what you have to tell and I would like to know your views on mine’.
I stepped into the world of blogging almost 6 years back. But I was very very inconsistent until few months ago. Owing to the not so good factors happening around me I decided its time I take a stand and do something for me. And there I stepped back into the familiar yet unfamiliar world of blogging again. And with writing more consistently than before I made new connections. Now many faces around here are familiar to me. I talk about many of the blogs and the contents there with my husband like I talk about my favorite friends.
I know this cannot be considered as a major achievement in life but I don’t feel any of this as minor either. Because ‘the not so good factors’ contribute to my rediscovery and the resultant happiness. Though my readership is not that high, I feel happy and appreciated with even a single response. Blogging is helping me write more often than I thought I would.
So my dear blogger friends, wherever you are, whoever you are, I am glad you exist. You reading my posts makes me feel grateful just like the help arrived last-minute when everything goes wrong. Stay blessed!
Originally published in my blog Reflections.

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If only….

12 Friday Sep 2014

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Copyright – Janet Webb

The older woman in the mirror looked nothing like her, she realized.
She asked “who are you?”
“I am you, silly. Have you forgotten what you have done to yourself all these years by neglecting yourself, not paying attention to your dreams and avoiding your desires?”

Her reflection stared at her posing questions she neglected so long.

In her race to make everyone else happy, to help everyone else achieve their dreams, she forgot all about her.
Though she found solace in her husband’s achievements and kids accomplishments, only she could hear her heart whispering ‘if only I could..’

Linking this 99 words fiction based on the above photo prompt to Friday Fictioners hosted by Rochelle.

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Perspective matters.

11 Thursday Sep 2014

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“Mommy, Three in a row!”, exclaimed Jack knocking down the bowling pins.

“Wow Sweetheart, you are fantastic “, encouraged Mona.
 Pushing his wheelchair, the once career oriented woman thought how happiness changed from meeting deadlines, bagging best performer awards to bringing smile on her lifeline’s face – time changes perspective!

Linking this to the Fiction Challenge ‘From 15 to 50’ hosted by Shailaja at The Moving Quill.
Word Prompt: Perspective
Phrase Prompt: ‘Three in a row’

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Your Majesty! #WordlessWednesday 2

10 Wednesday Sep 2014

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A click from the Wild Park Safari..

Linking this to Wordless Wednesday hosted by Ruchira at Abracabadra and to Skywatch Friday.

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Reaching Sky #WordlessWednesday 1

03 Wednesday Sep 2014

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Reaching Sky.

Linking this to Skywatch Friday and Wordless Wednesday at Abracabadra

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