Connie Lyness

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“The Stories our Streets tell” by Connie Lyness

Submitted to Contest #80

Yesterday I sat at my window watching my grandchildren illustrate the pavements with coloured chalk. I was caught off guard as I sat and watched them splash colours carefree on the grey gravel canvas. I almost didn't recognise the same pavements I grew up on. It was like I blinked and one world vanished into another and for the first time in a while yesterday; I remembered. I remembered a time when I sat watching out the...

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I am a student teacher from Northern Ireland and believe in the power of the written word. :)