Seafood macaroni-n-cheese, pre-bake. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Seafood macaroni-n-cheese, post-bake. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
The house drowned in the scents of shrimp, crab meat, creamy cheeses, and love.
Aunt Laura’s seafood macaroni-n-cheese is what we lived for every Thanksgiving. My cousins, Philip, Dominique, Sydney, and I attempted to sneak nibbles as soon as it floated away from the oven by our auntie’s aged, yet caring hands.
“Get outta that kitchen, y’all! I ain’t playin’!”
That’s our Nana. She means business–we don’t want her wrath. But we want that cheesy and seafood goodness ASAP, so we try again.
“IF I HAVE TO GET UP FROM THIS CHAIR, Y’ALL ARE GOING TO BE SORRY! WHAT DID I SAY?!”
Mission unaccomplished.
I woke up with the main character chiming in this morning, and I simply had to write this piece of microfiction. For those of you who celebrate, may this Thanksgiving holiday be a joyful, peaceful, loving, and blessed one for you and yours.
Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-Book and Paperback) yet?
I will do a roundup post each Saturday (or Sunday if I run out of time!). So please be sure to participate before time runs out! I can’t wait to read your stories. 😀 I hope that you’ll be back for next week’s Six Word Story Prompt. Have fun! Thank you for participating. Until next week, folks!
P.S: If you have any doubts/suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. The comments section is all yours! P.P.S: Use the tag 6WSP and don’t forget to pingback to this post!
My contribution to this week’s theme wasn’t too hard to come up with–I often say, “This steadfastness has to be heaven-sent.” So, I just had to think of a few words that would best describe how I feel about resilience and how it best describes my character regarding it.
I hope you all will participate. Head on over to Shweta’s page for the full breakdown! Happy Wednesday, beautiful people!
The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
I doubt I have to say how much I love Mitch Albom. At this point, many of you should be well aware. Lol! If you’re a good writer, I look forward to your work. If you’re a great writer, I pine over it.
Mitch has proven to be a great writer; the older he gets, the better he becomes. I hope I’ll be reading his work for many years to come.
The Stranger in the Lifeboat is such a touching story. It made me think about the many times I doubted God after asking for help and for signs about things of which I was unsure, and God never left my side even during my faltering faith.
He remained. He is.
Here is the review for this incredible piece of literature:
“God Gifts Us What We Need
And He does so when we need it. This book shook me to my core. Ten people, shipwrecked and forced to spend multiple days with each other on a lifeboat miss out on the opportunity to live because they would not believe.
How can you read that and not be stunned? After a glorious yacht (The Galaxy), owned by multimillionaire, Jason Lambert, explodes, he and nine other people are tasked with a challenge from the Lord: believe in him, vocalize it, and they would be saved.
As I read through the pages and learned the stories of each character’s life, I had hoped that someone would gather up everyone and create an atmosphere devoted to believing the Lord was on board with them, and they could be saved.
I was wrong. No one believed hard enough. And those who did believe, only did so when sprinkles of miracles were placed in order by the Lord, Him/Herself.
Everyone wanted to get out of the situation in which they had been placed, yet no one had the heart and faith to rally the other beings so a longer life could be extended to each of them.
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll shake your head in total disbelief at the things that occur in this book.
Mitch Albom has crafted a fictional story that feels real and will stun the reader without a doubt. This is the kind of book you read and then tell a friend to tell a friend and so on until a long line of avid readers have connected through these words.
I truly enjoyed The Stranger in the Lifeboat, and I know you will, too.”
I believe we are given helpful tools when we least expect them. This book was/is my helpful tool.
Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-Book and Paperback) yet?
I will do a roundup post each Saturday (or Sunday if I run out of time!). So please be sure to participate before time runs out! I can’t wait to read your stories. 😀 I hope that you’ll be back for next week’s Six Word Story Prompt. Have fun! Thank you for participating. Until next week, folks!
P.S: If you have any doubts/suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. The comments section is all yours! P.P.S: Use the tag 6WSP and don’t forget to pingback to this post!
My six-word contribution is above. I had a playful, endearing, active, and fun childhood until my parents’ divorce when I was twelve years old, and then . . . all hell broke loose. I became a parent to my much younger siblings- mothering them before I was done being mothered. It’s a heavy thing to take on a role you never asked for, however, you had to step up and perform. “Childhood” is a great theme, and I am happy I could participate. Maybe you want to as well!
Also, 18 years have passed by so quickly. I swear I blinked and here we are . . .
WordPress screen capture; 18 years of blogging. THANK YOU!
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
When I was a child, before I became an adult before my time, it didn’t take much to put a smile on my face. I was active; I played sports, read many books, did a ton of writing, and watched movies/famous television shows.
And of course, I tore up and down the city streets with my friends, but I ensured I was inside before the street lights came on.
So, it’s no wonder, I would find myself nesting inside my happy place while reading Roald Dahl’sCharlie and the Chocolate Factory. It is a beautiful place to be, and while I’m in my forties now, I feel a stronger connection to all things pure & serene.
Below is the review I did for this incredible work of fiction by such an amazing writer who was well before his time:
“Reading This Brought Back So Many Memories
And I was in my happy place for the entire reading of this book. Roald Dahl was such a master of words and personification. He truly painted so many vivid and distinctive images in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
This book is a stress-reliever. I laughed and slapped my knee at some of the verses shared by the Oompa-Loompas of the mischievously selfish and rude children. Everything about the book transported me to my grade school years.
I imagined myself in the children’s shoes; taste-testing many of Mr. Wonka’s unique creations and drinking from a chocolate river. My sweet tooth was ignited with every turn of the page.
It brought back so many memories of enjoying Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory with Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. I found myself linking some of the scenes in the movie to a lot of the scenes described in the book.
I knew I would enjoy every moment of reading this book, and I am glad I did so.
If you feel like being nostalgic and traveling down old roads of yore, I recommend Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You’ll definitely be happy you went along for the ride!”
During these current times, while fires blaze and wars continue to rage on, we could all use more happy places.
A Cornered Gurl 
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