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Elena Ivachtchenko

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2024

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Hello future me!

Elena Ivachtchenko

Submitted to Contest #285

I was cleaning my mom’s house. As everything goes to the end, my mom’s page got turned too. I was thinking about her words that she repeated not once here, at my childhood place.“I am not staying here forever.” She used this expression in different contexts. It could mean: “Try to remember what I say and do, and learn from me, otherwise, it will be too late”. Or “You have to be ready that I will pass away one day, everyone does”. She wasn’t scared to go. In my opinion, she started getting ready to go too early. I wonder if our negative thoug...

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Affordable Therapy

Elena Ivachtchenko

Submitted to Contest #284

“You don’t call me often enough. It’s just twice a year.” My friend was frustrated.“What makes you so upset? I am calling you now. By the way, others are getting what I can offer. Hearing my voice even once a year makes them happy.” I said.“I am not like others.”In my mind, I saw her touching her hair with her palm.This never-ending argument about who is better and worse had to end.We became friends in the third grade. I don’t know why she picked me. She had her friend circle. She knew everyone, she was popular. Her whole family was popular....

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It's time to meet your cousin!

Elena Ivachtchenko

Submitted to Contest #265

My mom came back from her sister's funeral. I expected her to be heartbroken. To be sad at least. She had the opposite opinion. She came happy, smiling, telling me about my cousin, aunt, and uncle and how much fun they had together. She showed me a picture of all of them standing close to each other, smiling at a person with a camera in front of them. "You look so much alike with your cousin. Can't understand why though? Can it be because you have the same name?" my mother was sharing her observations with me. I...

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Cards on the Ring

Elena Ivachtchenko

Submitted to Contest #261

If I wrote any Thank You cards for something special, beautiful, interesting, important whatever event in my life, I would clip each paper on the small ring. The one we use on the key chain. All small rings I will connect to the bigger ring to hold them all. It will allow me to move from one note to another when I want to read a note. Each note will represent one year. As many small rings are on the big ring as many years pass. When small segments stop fitting on the big connector I will start chain small rings up from one to another. It wil...

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