Tuesday, April 9, 2019

"Not My Story"




            Many days an adventure unwinds that isn’t my story. The events pivot around one of my siblings, my son, my husband, or a very close friend. The lessons learned, though applicable to many, still spur from someone else’s life. As much as I long to write about the journey’s trials and tribulations, I must remind myself, “It’s not my story.”
            If compulsion forces me to write and to share, I get permission from the major role player, or I write poetry about the essence of the experience. I create a short story that fictionalizes and disguises all but the life lesson. In that way, I make the circumstances everyone’s story.

Copyright 2019 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman



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