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Maggie Crawford

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2025

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I have walked in your Hoka’s - offerings to a young widow with children

Submitted to Contest #308

Have you forgot how to make toast, pick your children up from school, want to buy thong underwear? I have been exactly where you have been. That may sound odd – we are all different, have different experiences, but as a young widow, yeah, I have walked in your Hoka’s. Have you looked down at your feet in a work meeting and seen mismatching black shoes? Have you avoided a grocery store aisle because you heard a familiar voice and can’t handle another, “how are you doing?”, while the “W” for widow is blinking on your forehead. Yeah, I’ve been ...

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Joys of Grandparenthood

Submitted to Contest #306

Me answering cell: Hi Cindy? How are you?Cindy: Call the Spencer Children’s Hospital and tell them I’m driving in with baby Sydney now!?Me: WHAT? WHERE are you?Her voice falters, it sounds like she’s in a wind tunnel. Cindy: He has a 106 degree fever… he’s listless.Me: Okay. I’ll call you back.I swipe her away and call the hospital.Me: Hello, my daughter-in-law is bringing in her 14-month old son to the ER. He has a 106 fever.Spencer ER: Ok, we’ll see her when she gets here.Hearing this conversation, my husband comes into the kitchen. Me: Ci...

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