Menu

Menu

Prompts

Contests

Stories

Blog

Directory

Contests

Magazine

FAQ

Mary Wood

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2019

Stories (9)

Comments

Library

1 Followers

0 Following

9 Stories

117 karma pts

?

Math Miracles

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #54

Anyone can be a teacher, all you have to do is graduate college and get a job. Sounds simple; in reality passing the math praxis would prove daunting to this student who hated math and ponders why 3 X 2/3x + 4 = ? matters. I need to know the why, those silly terms meant nothing to me. I could not wrap my mind around the why. Every time I asked a teacher, mentor, classmate, tutor the why question, I would try to make it clear that I just need to know why I would ever need to learn this? They looked at me like I had 3 eyes in my head. I ...

8 likes

His name was Ernie

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #30

He was born in 1934, upstate NY- a son of a fisherman, his mother- a keeper of children, today they would call her a foster mother.He grew up with so many people around him- siblings, foster siblings, neighbors, and friends. He became a social butterfly- always looking for another place to land, trying to live a life carefree and yet searching for a place to belong.Everyone who knew him loved him, he had beautiful blue eyes- that marked him friendly and outgoing. He made friends easily- always wanted to give someone a hand. When he turned...

1 like

Memories of Another Time

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #30

Driving down rural M66 in Michigan, looked all too familiar to me, like I had been here before. I am sure I have seen this route in another time, but when? Looking around the rolling hills as we traveled down the road, these farms and fields were so familiar to me, but I had never been here, never traveled this part of Michigan before, I was sure of it. I never lived on a farm, or knew anyone who did. When was I here? I did not remember ever traveling this road, but here I was sitting beside my husband in the car watching all thes...

1 like

The Dance

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #30

Looking through the window from the outside, I could see three young men, one setting across the room in a chair facing forward at a 45* angle towards me, as he was watching intently, his brows scowling with a somber look on his face, concentrating, perplexed as he took in the sight before him. His eyes were piercing through the young men whom were on the other side of the room. They were engaged in a show of sorts, no shirts on, wearing only boxers these two were silently displaying a show of physical feat, arguing with their bod...

5 likes

Fear Grips The Heart

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #5

Fear is a compelling response to physical and emotional danger; it has strong roots in human adaptation in living life. If people didn’t feel fear, they couldn’t protect themselves from legitimate threats; but what about the fear that seems for some, to be unfounded? Let’ s talk about the baseless fear we see, but don’t address; like the elephant in the room, we feel awkward, it’s there, we all see him, but no one knows what to do or say, it’s too big, I don't know how to get it to move. Because we are so sure the situation is abs...

2 likes

"Godwinks, Friendship, Matchmaking, & more Godwinks"

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #3

Last night as we drove the 30 mile trip to the funeral home to say goodbye to my dear friend Carlene - I was feeling rather blue, missing my friend and thinking of so many regrets, what if's and should have’s. I began to feel sorry for myself; wishing I could have said goodbye. Why did I wait so long? why didn’t I just rush to her side? Regretting not taking the time to visit and show how much I cared for her. I began to feel so far apart and distant— like in a dream, I was being carried away to another time and place. My eyes...

4 likes

Godwinks- Through Daddy's Eyes

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #3

The electrifying sparkles in his eyes those last moments of his life- will forever be transcribed in my mind. The weekend of September 23, 2016- he had accomplished his last item on his bucket list- he went to Miss Michigan to watch our granddaughter compete for the title of Miss Teen Michigan. He was delighted and full of pride as he watched her compete for the title, walking across the stage in her beautiful deep pink evening gown- as she dazzled the stage his eyes were on her as she approached the microphone; watching his face you may hav...

2 likes

Where have all the Boundaries gone?

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #2

Have you ever wondered why people behave the way they do? I am amazed at the lack of respect I see in the classroom today. What has happened to society and the norms we expect students and staff to behave like? I wonder what happened in society that causes people to feel so entitled. To behave in such a way that everyone feels they have a right to be heard and listened to? Have we gone so far with our civil rights that we have forgotten how to be civil? Schools across the country are a mess, in many classes a teacher...

3 likes

Stuck in a RUT

Mary Wood

Submitted to Contest #2

Tuesday, September 11, was an unusual day for a picnic; but, the weather was so warm for this time of year- almost seemed like summer again, I remember it well. I went to my friends Jamey’s house to go with her family to the park for a picnic. Jamey was always mad at her dad, this day was no acceptation, she had a giant chip on her shoulders you could see it in her behavior, the way she rolled her eyes, her frown on her face told you all you needed to know, no hiding her feelings. I could not understand her reasoning, why she was always so d...

2 likes