Alesia Lelaj

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2024

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“Muted Mornings” by Alesia Lelaj

Submitted to Contest #270

The early lights of day peer through the kitchen windows and yet not a moment throughout the night did we shut our eyes. The golden hues reflect against the stark white kitchen and it makes me wonder why in this day and age it has become the norm to paint your entire home a cold hospital white or beige color. To replicate the colorful hues of nature is to bring beauty into your home. Green plants in red clay pots on the windowsills. Deep ocean blue wooden cabinets with carved details around the edges. Multicolored flowers sat atop white or w...

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“Burnout in the Dugout” by Alesia Lelaj

Submitted to Contest #269

AGE SIX. When my parents helped me put on my first set of catcher’s gear, I thought it was the coolest gift ever. It was even cooler than the Hulk costume I wore for Halloween last year. My catcher’s gear probably weighed as much as I did but it didn’t matter because now I could play my favorite game in the world. It made me feel like the big men my dad watched on TV.  That’s gonna be me one day. AGE TEN. “Mom, mom!” I called out, pointing to the TV. “Mom, I need gear like the Phillies. I need red gear.” “Honey, you don’t need new gear,...

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