99 word prompt : Greatest Gift
September 12, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes the greatest gift. Answer it as if it were a question, or show what it could be. Go where the prompt leads you!
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I’ve been asked the question before and the answer changes according to my age.
“What is the greatest gift you’ve received?”
Age 5: The doll I wanted
Age 15: GoGo Boots
Age 25: Son
Age 27: Daughter
Age 36: A bachelor’s degree
Age 46: Enlightenment
Age 54: The perfect part-time job
Age 63: Holding my first published book in my hands
Age 67: My first office with a window
Age 69: Doing a yoga headstand and carrying a gallon of milk with my pinkie finger.
Health, it seems, is the greatest gift. For without it nothing else is possible.
This is a great approach, Jolene. I love it.
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Thanks. 🙂
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Ditto regarding health.
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The older we get, the more we realize just what a gift it is.
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Did you ditch the gogo boots at age 46, or replace them?
Cool response.
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Thanks. 🙂 I wore out the gogo boots.
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The list is a great format for the prompt, and I love how it evolves and includes gogo boots.
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That fad went the way of the pet rock — but didn’t fade as quickly. 🙂 It shows just how our priorities change over the years.
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Ha! Gonegone boots.
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LOL! Good name for them. 🙂
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Haha, great job, Jolene. I couldn’t think of one single greatest gift either. I want to balance on one foot in yoga that I could do nine years ago before cancer. I still could spread the legs sideways bending forward with the head touching the ground though.
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I used to have great balance, too. It’s improved a lot by doing yoga, but not where it once was.
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I have never damage on both ankles.
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I’ve sprained my ankles several times. Once, I was half awake going down the stairs My foot got cauth inbetween the step when I fell from the 4th step to the bottom. The doctor said it would’ve been better if I’d broken my leg instead. Every tendon, ligament, and muscle was ripped. It took a year to heal.
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Oop, I meant I have NERVE damage on both ankles from chemo. I hope your foot is healed by now.
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That happened almost 20 years ago. I can tell you for a fact, I know when a storm is coming. 🙂
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I hope that the storm won’t come to you again 🙂
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