Mary Kurpiewski

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2020

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“My Award” by Mary Kurpiewski

Submitted to Contest #147

➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢➢MY AWARD NOW-It’s been 50 years since that awards night but I’ll never forget it. I have been married for 60 years and this is among one of the many, many memorable moments of my life and I thank God every day for the man that I married.THEN-I was so excited! I got an award last night. Okay, so were 900 other wives getting it, but it was special to me. LaSalle College was giving their awards to the wives of their male students. It was a yearly award for:********** “,,,,,loyally and lovingly acce...

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“NOVEMBER 22, 1963-A DAY OF TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH” by Mary Kurpiewski

Submitted to Contest #80

1963-A DAY OF TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH November 22, 1963--everyone who was alive, remembers that day with heartache. Everyone who wasn’t has read about it in history books as one of the darkest days our country has ever experienced. There have been movies made, books written and TV documentaries about this day. It will be etched in my memory as one of the worst days of my life and, ironically, one of the best. My twenty-three year old husband, Ron, and I, who had just turned twenty, were sitting at a table in a hospital cafeteria in the Nor...

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“THE HOBBIES” by Mary Kurpiewski

Submitted to Contest #78

After my father-in-law, Tat, as we lovingly called him, retired as a welder from the Navy Yard, he took up many interests and hobbies. Tat always was a handy-man who could put in walls, floors and he loved re-modeling anything. But, he would go overboard with each hobby. He was into gold fish for a while. The various species were beautiful, but I could not breathe in his family room with all the fish tanks and smells and bubbling noises. After a few bouts of sea-sickness-the fish left! Then he got into homing and carrier pigeons. He raced ...

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I love writing. I have written for newspapers and magazines and just finished my second book.