Write about someone who returns as an adult to a place they last visited as a child.

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“What's On The Island?” by Catherine Burford

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When I was twelve years old, my parents called it quits. My mom chose her new family over us, leaving my dad no choice but to take me to the small town of Christy, North Carolina. He left me in the care of some relatives while he ran off to ask an old friend of his for a new job. Once he could get hired and settled, he would send for me. “Don’t worry, Kelly,” he told me as he dropped me off. “Everything is going to be fine sooner or later.” &n...

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“Grandma's House” by Corey Anderson

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Heavy my heart weighs as I touch the walls of grandma's house. Opening the door, the place was as empty as it was left, yet it looked frozen in time. This same place I grew up in and have an encyclopedia-worth of memories in feels lonely, even in this hello. My first stop would be upstairs, the room my dad would have my brothers and I sleep with him in. I always got the top bunk bed, to the chagrin of my siblings. Most of this time was spent watching cartoons late at night, trying to pull an all-nighter to which Dad would force me to turn it...

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“The Puny Pine” by Barbara Pearson

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1966, a slow quiet, day warm and sunny, a school day. Grade one, was always overwhelming. However, there was a day a " Special day" as far as I can think back the most beautiful day ever! We were given a " Grade One " tree! A real live tree. I was so thrilled! Well I couldn't stop feeling so grateful. This wasn't a big tree. It was in fact a " Puny Pine" Only to me, it was a " perfect Pine" It was the focus of my whole day.Was she thirsty, was she bent? Where was she going to go?. We moved so often as I remember. What if we moved? What wil...

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“A love that was never there.” by Tim Webster

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Well this story is about my chasing a love that was never there.My name is Tim. My story starts when my mother died of cancer when I was about 6 months. When my mother was in her death bed she asked members of her family to try and get me away from my father. They went to my father's work and told him that they wanted me and he refused to give me up, so they decided to find me at the babysitters and kidnapped from him. I was raised by my aunt for almost 15 years until she decided to send me off and abandon me in a mental hospital for childr...

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“Pancakes” by Jared Smithofjared@yahoo.com

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John stared at his handiwork. A painted popsicle stick frame. Red, green, orange. Most of the macaroni was gone, either chipped off by the uncountable falls or chewed upon after said fall gave Barney, the old lab, the opportunity to snack. He felt the hum of the old refrigerator under his finger tips. Linoleum cold under his socked feet. The lights, those long, tubed fluorescent types, warbled a white glow. He smiled, remembered the smell of cooking bacon. Of pancakes, stale coffee, and the all too unforgettable sound of the sizzling sk...

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“First Day of School” by Anna Mayer

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I take a deep breath as I park the car. The drive was easy. Every curve in the road was familiar, and I flew by the fields with my windows down, music blaring, laughing as if I was a high school senior again. This time though, I drive into the staff parking lot of my high school, not the student one. I roll the window back up, turn down the music, and fix my wind-blown hair. This is my first day of school. I’m the teacher; I can’t make a bad impression. My legs shake beneath me as I smooth out my skirt. I don’t think I was this nervous on my...

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“17 years later ” by Pallavi Nerella

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17 years later I have lived in London ever since I can remember things. I have spent my life here. This is my home. My friends and family are here. This is my life. But I never thought I would go back there. I would connect to the places there and decide to live there for the rest of my life. Something unexpected happened and my life took a turn. Read on and find out. Hello. I am Avi; Avinash Agarwal; and this is my story. I live in Westminster, London. I live with my dad Ajit Agarwal and my mom Anju Agarwal. They are my world...

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“CLIMBING ROSES” by Athina Antoniou

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The sun was just rising in the sky, promising another scorching day as they stood in the line, joining the other people waiting patiently. Some spoke animatedly, excited about the prospect of the place they were about to visit. Others stood silently, contemplatively, lost in their own memories. The queue moved forward slowly, each step taking them closer to whatever each of them expected to find. Ever so slow, they started going up some steps on the left hand side. The right-hand side had been cordoned off for those returning, or for those f...

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Write about someone who returns as an adult to a place they last visited as a child.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 83 stories

“What's On The Island?” by Catherine Burford

“Grandma's House” by Corey Anderson

“The Puny Pine” by Barbara Pearson

“A love that was never there.” by Tim Webster

“Pancakes” by Jared Smithofjared@yahoo.com

“First Day of School” by Anna Mayer

“17 years later ” by Pallavi Nerella

“CLIMBING ROSES” by Athina Antoniou

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Write about how a person’s perspective on an event from their childhood shifted in their adulthood.

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Write about a parent who sees pieces of a family member’s (or their own) personality in their child — whether that brings them comfort, terror, or something in between.

Write about the moment a child (of any age) first comes to view a parent as a three-dimensional human being, and not just a parental figure.

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