Lille McFerrin provides a weekly one word prompt and asks us to take five sentences to create a response. There is no word limit with this particular challenge, just a limit to the number of sentences. Be creative and tell your story. Thanks Lillie for giving us a new word each week.
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“But dad I always thought gold was the most valuable,” Ciera asked her dad for clarification. He stood silent, staring at the arrangement of silver bells as they captivated his mind and delivered him back to the memories of decorating the family home with his mother. She loved Christmas so much they would begin to decorate on Halloween. Many fun hours could be traced back to the love they shared as they arranged the decorations to make their house the epitome of a Christmas village. “Honey, sometimes silver can truly outshine gold!”
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I always thought silver was prettier, truth be told.
A very sweet story. You do need both at Christmas, don’t you?
http://mcguffysreader.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-guest.html