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Donna Smith

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2022

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Precious Memories: The Cycle of Giving and Receiving

Donna Smith

Submitted to Contest #140

I had just returned from dropping my daughter off for her first day of kindergarten. She wore a cute little blue denim jumper with an elephant embroidered on the front over a red long-sleeved T-shirt and red sneakers to match. She was adorable and so excited about starting school. I was excited too, until the ride back home when I cried like a baby because my sweet girl was growing up and making her first big move from being constantly in my care. Oh she had gone to some mom’s day out programs, but those didn’t count as they didn’t happen ev...

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A Slippery Slope

Donna Smith

Submitted to Contest #140

A Slippery Slope Note: This story contains triggers about dementia that may be upsetting to some. Dementia is the cruelest of thieves. It slips in, unnoticed, stealing small memories at first, ones you might have just misplaced, leaving you with the belief that you need to pay a little more attention to details. Then in an effort to pay better attention to details, you find that you are obsessing over whether you have forgotten something and you start repeating yourself more often than before. It is at this point that you realize that yo...

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Saving a Road Trip

Donna Smith

Submitted to Contest #136

Danni stood in the driveway of her rented house, surveying her handywork. Packing for a road trip was one of her specialties. She learned from her mother that squaring away the basics needed for such a trip was the key to being able to enjoy the trip itself. All of the back seats in her SUV were folded down and on one side there were stacked tubbies holding essentials such as food, cooking and eating utensils, clothes, including gear for hiking, insect spray, bear spray, (yes, who knew what they might encounter!), and various tools, cleaning...

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Time to Jump

Donna Smith

Submitted to Contest #135

Bravery is what comes when there is no other option but to jump. I’m not a risk-taker. I almost never challenge the odds when they are stacked against me and when losing can cause harm either to myself or others. For me, the thrill of winning in such situations is never rewarding enough to make it worth taking the risk in the first place. I’m not a brave person. I would rather think of myself as smart and have often thought that we would be much better off if our national anthem ended with the words “and the home of the smart” instead of “an...

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