Tag: dailyprompt

Obviously, my first thought was of the tortoise, which I often write about when it comes to my steady forward march in life.

But then again, there is the Loud Mouth Frog…

or Chatty Cathy, but she is more of a doll than an animal…

In the past I was akin to a Wolverine, all growly and snarly, with an aggressive attitude…

Of late, however, I’ve begun to see myself surfacing in some creatures you may be familiar with… let’s see…

There’s a mouse I can sometimes relate to…

While at other times I feel a bit Squirrelly…

Anywhere in between, you may find me looking a bit more creative…

Last but not least, there are those days where I just feel more bossy and fussy…

How could I ever forget to remind you of my ability to fling commas, and the like, all, over, everything………,,,, ,,,,,””””: … Just saying! I know she is not an animal, but she is an imaginary creature of sorts… and this is my blog, so I get to put whatever I want in here!

As there are simply too many different animals for me to choose from, I am unable to pick just one. I have mentioned on multiple occasions that I am a maelstrom of emotions, so it stands to reason that I should be able to pick all of the above, just to cover all my bases. Wouldn’t you agree?

Here, have a confusing cookie to go with my crazy answer…

If I took the time to write out all the things that I do NOT have, even Wally’s would have a problem accommodating…

Having things simply isn’t MY thing! Most days I must choose one thing over another thing, because we simply cannot afford to replace the thing we ran out of at that time. Things come and things go, so I just make due with whatever things I have at the moment, trusting that when the thing is gone, another thing will eventually replace the previous thing. Some things are expensive, while other things are cheap or free, depending on the moments needs. Some things are quite big, but most things are very small and much more desirable than the big things. At times, I find that a thing I have may suit someone else better, so I give the thing away to make room for some other thing I may soon need.

If my thinking about things has you thinking about things, then I think I’m sharing about thinking about the right things! Shopping sprees are rarely what they seem to be, often leaving us with a great deal of useless things that we once thought we needed, with only a credit card statement to show record of the things we thought would make us happy… I say we stop overthinking about the things we don’t have, and focus on the things we do have… just sayin!

Here, have a Saturday Shopping Spree Staple…

Last night I took a peek at todays prompt question, just to give myself some extra time to consider my answer. The question I was met with, I’ll be honest, irritated me right off the bat!

Now, I understand that these are nothing more than an electronically generated question rolodex, with no one actually manning the wheel… at least, this is my belief. The problem I have isn’t with WordPress asking, but rather, I know that there are many phishing worms out there that just love to know anything factual or personal about us, as well as any of our favorite things.

Ask yourself what kind of questions are asked of you, while generating any new account log in information… who was your best friend from high school, what was your dogs favorite name, where did you go to school, what is your mothers maiden name, etc. This list goes on and on…

If we are all being truthful here, who all really wants to know our middle names? Would you really be interested in my middle name, along with why I have it? How many of you find it thoroughly entertaining and engaging to read all of the chapters of lineage names within the bible… whosit begets who? I am not lessening the value of the information in scripture, as it is there for a valuable purpose, but it is still tedious to get through, none the less.

Back in the day, folks usually had a single name… one name, followed by your house, clan, or tribal lineage name.

In honor of the old ways, I shall stick with my known and recognized name, here within this community… Wiwohka, meaning, rushing or roaring water!

If you wish to know further, of my lineage, take it to scripture! Beneath the single recognizable name of Wiwohka, is simply a woman of God… The righteousness of God, IN Christ Jesus!

I think that should be enough information, don’t you?!

Here, have a cookie…

If you feed them, they will come…

I can be all the way in the back of the RV, enjoying a snack from the comfort of my bed, only to be approached by a cheeky ant out of nowhere… as if they just magically arrived! No… they are not harmful, nor aggressive, but I disdain them nonetheless!

Ants and I go back a long ways, if you remember the time I wrote about the midnight Kool-aid incident of 2007. Grabbing a glass to take a drink, while in darkness of night, I swallowed a mouthful of more ants than I care to remember. I never could get the red stain of spit Kool-aid from off my comforter. We have been sworn enemies ever since!

I will hunt them down like a bloodhound, indiscriminately squishing them with my fingers, all the while, giving out loud warnings to all their kin! It’s now heading toward warmer weatherish, so they are getting active! I have learned recently that the best way to eat anything safely, requires keeping all food out of the bedroom. Don’t laugh, but when my husband brings home a snack for me, I will eat it in front of the trash can, just to ensure that all incriminating evidence lands only in the bin.

Night before last when my husband had his container of cinnamon rolls on the counter for like 15 minutes, I swear, I went to steal a bite and nearly ate a family of ants! What is the lesson that I most recently learned… nothing is safe when there are ants nearby!

Here, have some cake…

In truth, there really isn’t anything that I hate to be asked! All one has to do is browse through some of my writings, to discover that I tend to be the over-sharer… the T.M.I. giver… the disclaimer girl!

I make every effort to be as transparent as possible, as I seek to reflect a clear level of candid honesty with anyone that might stop by the Lobby. This is my choice… my way of being real!

If I’m to hate anything, it would be one of two things… it is much worse for no one to ask me questions at all, and for those that do ask questions of others, it would be the way in which the question was delivered!

When one doesn’t bother to ask valuable, and often deep questions, before judging, criticizing or condemning the person they should have taken the time to ask… I consider it a lazy character, in the one not asking!

When one does take the time to ask questions, if they ask another a question only after they’ve already made a judgement… it is very apparent to the one being asked!

**EXAMPLE** How are you feeling today? vs Is there a reason you’re being a jerk today?

Social Media has played a very big part, in my humble opinion, to creating the off the cuff, judgy remarks and Karen accusations that so many people get all over their literary faces from each other. No, this is not an attack on any platform in particular, as those are nothing more than tools to be used for either good… or sometimes more nefarious purposes. We humans still retain the ability to choose what we think, say and do! Nobody is going to get a free ride on this cookie filled prompt answer… not even myself!

Here, have some humble pie cookies with me…

While one may consider it failure, God calls it an opportunity to bring good for His purposes, from all of our choices… good ones and bad ones!

God sent his only son to earth for us, where we promptly crucified Him, so one might assume that this was a big epic failure! What did God do? He resurrected Jesus and rolled that stone away, leaving an empty tomb!

God has been righting our wrongs, healing our wounds and miraculously turning our failures into successes from the beginning of time! The Bible says that God is faithful, so logic dictates that only success will follow, from both our triumphs and mistakes.

I am a work in progress, and as God is not done with me yet, failure is just a means for Him to continually show me how He can do anything… the sky’s the limit, as they say!

My future is very bright, as the bible confirms…

“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. Jeremiah 29:11

Here, have a cookie…

You cheated… I already saw that one… owch!

I remember the days before technology allowed kids to spend 6 hours straight in an automobile Movie Theatre, laps filled with juice boxes and snack bags. Nope! I don’t even think I ever saw the inside of a car seat! Just our old station wagon, with parents in the front comfortably seated, while we all were stuffed into the back rows.

The only theatre entertainment we saw, was the live action movie of one of the two grown ups in the front, trying rather unsuccessfully to smack us for one reason or another! Our little ears were unceremoniously greeted with the musical threats of the time… some of the greatest hits to listen to were, If I Have To Come Back There, sung by the driver, or Just You Wait Til We Get Home, played by the assistant driver.

What were we to do for entertainment, as well as for our survival? After we tired of picking on each other, as no parent ever stopped the car for the child who cried, Mom, he won’t stop poking me… we looked for games that kept our attentions. We couldn’t play the “That’s who you’re gonna marry”, as we were not stuck in the parking lot of a grocery store, while our parents sought peaceful shelter within the local food mart! When the car is careening down the highway, kids had to get creative!

There were three games we could play for some much needed automobile on-board entertainment…

1. I’m Going on a Picnic! In this game, since we didn’t have those snacks and drinks, one would call out an item they would take to eat if they could. There was a catch, however, as the next kid had to figure out why that item was chosen, and add an item that matched. It might be the color of the food, or perhaps its shape, flavor or the way it was prepared and packaged. The goal was to figure out the common denominator and add to the picnic.
2. I Spy With My Little Eye! One child would select something within sight of the car, and then give clues to the others, as to what they were looking at. One could ask about size, color, shape or use… things like that, until someone figured it out.
3. Punch Bug! This game was usually toward the end of the car ride, as by now we really didn’t like each other very much, there was nothing else to do, and it was a free chance to hit each other. This was a savored game and we saved up all our personal traveling grievances for the opportune DOUBLE PUNCH BUG attack!

So, here ya have it folks… If I were riding in an automobile, my opening sentence would most likely be “Yellow Cloth Top PUNCH BUG!” I’m very talented in using my middle knuckle when I tag your thigh, as it leaves the perfect little round bruise for later.

Yes, I am aware of what the prompt asked us today, but as this is the second attempt at sticking their nose into my business, I chose to write my response the way I wished. If they are so interested in my Autobiography, they can buy the book when it’s released and read the answer there… just sayin.

Here, have a cookie…

While I COULD wile away the hours here, for your sake I won’t! Why… because I actually DO have a brain!

But… the prompt asked what three things I couldn’t live without, and well, the first thing that came to mind was my brain. Without my brain, which is the central nervous system for this flesh mech, I, just like the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz, would simply hang limp on a pole in a corn field.

The second thing that is a must for survival is, again, answered by the a character from that old movie… you know, the Tin Man! Without a heart to pump blood throughout the body, nourishing all of the precious organs that make us flux an flow, we would simply break down, shrivel up and cease to exist!

While I know that you are expecting me to call up the cowardly Lion for my third object needed, I think his courage actually came from his heart, so those two sort of go hand in hand, in my humble opinion. I’m going to call upon our beloved Dorothy… and her little dog too!

What is this thing that I am eluding too? Lungs! How on earth would Dorothy, or Toto for that matter, be a proper example of lungs, you may be asking? Judy Garland, who played the role of Dorothy, had an amazing singing voice, did she not? And, Toto had the ability to bark, which he did a great amount of, in order to protect and save the group of adventurers on several occasions. I am pretty confident in thinking that they both had a decent set of pipes!

Don’t ask me why The Wizard of Oz was the first thing that popped into my head when I read this mornings Daily Prompt question… I’ve no earthly idea.

But… you have to admit that it worked pretty well… and I was fully honest in choosing a brain, heart and lungs as three objects I couldn’t live without. I’m fairly certain that none of us would get along without them, don’t you agree?

In truth, I can get along without every other earthly object if it came down to brass tacks, as they say.

Here, have an apple. I promise, the trees won’t throw them at you…

If I were to list all of the experiences in life that helped me grow, it would fill a book… oh wait, it actually has filled a book. Whether it is ever able to become a published work is in the Master’s hands, but that is neither here nor there.

I am in my mid 50s and I’m not done living yet, so this question is unanswerable, for me at least! God’s not done with me yet, so I don’t want to cheat Him out of the growth still in store for this vessel.

As it seems to be the habit of WordPress to reuse the same prompt rolodex, perhaps my answer will be different come this time next year. We shall see…

No offense, but, it’s Saturday and my panther Brodie and I have a fortress to build in a monster filled Jungle… lions, tigers and monsters, oh my!

Here, have a Saturday cookie…

What a question it is to ask one if they believe in fate or destiny?! We are ever trying to prove, validate, convince ourselves and each other of such things as fate and destiny, in order to sleep comfortably at night.

Globally, this question can be asked, without anyone balking or becoming defensive about their beliefs. If you want to clear a room, just replace the last two words in the prompt question with GOD!

In my humble opinion, the words are interchangeable. Try an experiment for yourselves. Go back through your answer to the prompt and replace fate/destiny words with God and then reread it to yourself to see what it becomes.

I do believe in God, fully, and I am fated and destined to reach heaven at the end of this life. While I cannot say about anything else for certainty, on this I will place my belief, He created all, sent His only son Jesus to live with us and die for us, and…

“O Lord, you have searched me, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in – behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, to lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your spirit, where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:1-18

Call it fate or destiny, if you will… I say I believe in GOD!

Here, have a cookie…