Halimah Wright

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jan, 2023

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“My Gift!” by Halimah Wright

“I have been blessed, truly blessed! Yes, I know how cliche that sounds, but bear with me and you will understand why I feel this way and I’m pretty sure that you will ‘disagree’ with me after hearing this. I know, I know, you’re asking yourself, did she just say ‘disagree’, well I didn’t. If you are still here, you must be pretty clear about everything I’ve just said.” Okay, let me start from the beginning. I may or may not have had a smart mouth and might have had a tendency of being sarcastic and mouthing off a lot, but what else was I ...

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“Paranoid???” by Halimah Wright

Submitted to Contest #182

She lived in a state of perpetual paranoia or so it seemed. Mama was always looking over her shoulder, peeking under the bed, locking doors and windows and huddling with us in a tiny room every night. I couldn’t understand it, we had a big house with three bedrooms and yet, every night we all huddled together in mama’s room sharing a single bed. We were six siblings and mama. Dad had left us in search of a better life, a better job, more money and the hope of giving us a better life one day.Every evening at sunset mama would hurry us indoors...

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Author bio

I'm a mom of two teenagers, one of whom is going on twenty this year and doesn't let me forget it, and a cat who thinks she's human. Writing has always been my passion, and now I'm finally starting my writing journey!