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Write a story about someone turning 100 years old.

Posted in Fiction on Oct 26, 2022

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✍️ 47 stories

“Days Forgotten” by A.J Wise

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #1

Days Forgotten           The strange thing about life and living is that no one seems to remember how to do it. Indeed, many reach the end in the realization that they never lived at all.           I know I did.           Today, on August 2, 2019, Ashley Lawrence III, turns 100 years old. That’s me. And that’s quite old, ask anyone, they’ll tell you. I’ve seen a lot of things, I’...

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“Oh, The People I Knew” by Miranda Johnson

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #1

When I walked into my grandmother's room, she was sitting in her rocking chair, staring out the window. I was struck for a moment by the bareness of the room. The ivory walls hung no decorations besides the same old pictures, the bed was neatly made in the corner, her dresser was empty. All this tiny, sterile room seemed to hold was my grandmother and the few possessions she still had."Grandma?" I asked gently, "It's me, Liam."But she didn't turn her head. She did not acknowledge my voice. She only whispered quietly to herself."Grandma?""Oh,...

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“The Prize Of Age” by Chrissaint Trivett

Submitted to Contest #1

Age is the beginning of life, which is the original language of your life to mark the beginning of your centenary. without age, life is nothing: without life, age is meaningless - Dr, your milestone begins today.Lightening a hundred candles to celebrate your life is more important than silver and gold. The candle we light tonight brings light to other peoples lives.Building a hundred steps of cake to share your centenary is a beautiful thing in the mind of the guest present here tonight.Setting a hundred chairs and tables to share the cake b...

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“If I'm Still Here” by John K Adams

Submitted to Contest #1

If I’m Still HereShirley peeked into her mother’s room to see her sitting on the bedside.“Good morning, Ma! How are you?”Hazel said, “Still here. Feeling pretty good.” She blew her nose into a handkerchief.“Do you want anything special for dinner, on your birthday?”“Oh, honey, I don’t think that far ahead. Let’s keep it simple.” She sounded hoarse.“But you’re turning a hundred Monday. Three days away. Don’t you want to celebrate?”“If I’m able to sit upright and smile, I will celebrate. I gave up counting anniversaries long ago. You know that...

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“Pie-Crust Promises” by Deborah Mercer

Submitted to Contest #1

PIE-CRUST PROMISES“I hope you’ve not put too much store on Mark coming, Mother,”    Oh dear. It’s “Mother”, not “Mum”, thought Louisa. That meant she was either in trouble, or Eleanor wanted to make sure she understood the importance of something, or sometimes both. She supposed it served her right. When her daughter was growing up she had always said “Eleanor” rather than “Ellie” in such circumstances. The irony was, she now only answered to Eleanor anyway.    She’s such an ol...

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“Back in My Day” by Jessica Porter

Submitted to Contest #1

I always get confused these days. I want for the soothing click clack, click clack, or the neighing as horses stroll by taking my neighbors to and from town. Instead, I get the insidious noise of loud cars zooming by, causing infernal racquet to my age damaged ears. People don't seem to grasp the concept of time until it's there, right in their faces, flaunting itself. Back in my day, people lived every day like it was their last. They didn't seem unaware of days passed, or events missed. They were aware of every meal missed and ...

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“It's My One Hundredth Birthday” by John Steckley

Submitted to Contest #1

It’s My One Hundredth Birthday It’s my one hundredth birthday today. I am living in a Seniors’ Home in the town in which I grew up, but my remaining family members live far, far away. I will get a few phone calls, but there will be silences when they are at a loss for something to say. There will be silences from my end too.  And talking on the phone is not the same as their being with me in the same room where I can see their faces when they speak and listen.  When I think of birthdays, my first thoughts are of my m...

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“My 100 Years” by Alice Sampson

Submitted to Contest #1

I was born just outside London the year after the war ended. My parents were happy. When my mother realised she was pregnant the war hadn’t ended yet and although many knew it wouldn’t be long, she didn’t trust that. Complete pessimist my mother was. But then the war ended and five months later I was born. They were happy that I entered a world without war, where I wouldn’t have to fight, wouldn’t have to suffer and for the briefest moment my mother was an optimist. Twenty years later another war began and I was the perfect age to fight. Me...

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“Sweet Sixteen” by Yaara Bosch

Submitted to Contest #1

"Please, we're just trying to help."    Edith's eyes watered, but she could see the young woman bending down before her, her cropped hair sticking out at an odd angle over ears, spilling something that may or may not be water into the wilting lily's glass by her side. No, she wasn't young. Her skin was blurry through Edith's itchy eyes, but it was clearly wrinkling around her eyes, and there were streaks of grey at her hairline. She was wearing a white blouse and a beige blazer that looked tighter than it should be. Her name w...

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“Never Gets Old” by Joseph Gozum

Submitted to Contest #1

“Never thought I'd live to a hundred,” said Tristan. He was smoking a cigarette. “And there was a time when I thought this would send me to my grave.” A woman who wore a floor length dress gazed into his eyes as he spoke to her. She walked up to him with sultry in her gait. She pressed her body against his as she ran her fingers through his hair. “You don't look a day over twenty,” she said. Her lips glistened after she licked them. “That's really nice of you to say Emma,” said Tristan. “You never age a day yourself my love, but you already ...

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“Cub Narian” by AniE. Grimaudo

Submitted to Contest #1

Narian walked a lot. He didn’t much enjoy the company of humans anymore, but the animals were a comfort to his weary soul. The donkeys brayed as he walked quickly by. He was more like an animal himself now. Quite old, yet light as a bird, he carried nothing excessive with him and that included bodyweight especially. He liked moving quickly, he always had in his youth. Now it seemed easier than ever to keep the weight off, because he moved with the herds, never ceasing until his day was done and he would fall happily into bed, wondering if th...

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“Marjorie” by Meli Mangos

Submitted to Contest #1

Marjorie sat at the round table in front of the window in the kitchen of her small, quiet house at the end of Greenfield Street. She sat with her hands in her lap and back straight despite the hunch she developed with age. Her kitchen counters were cluttered with newspaper ads and credit card offer letters. The off-white fridge whirred in the silence of the stillness while the handle to the icebox hung slightly off kilter. Lightning flashed over a hill in the distance, though Marjorie paid it no mind.  Marjorie pulled her cardigan tight...

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“Fine like Wine” by Jackson Manley

Submitted to Contest #1

The snow had begun to melt, though it was only February, global warming had screwed with the seasons, causing winter to only last a few months.The insomnia had brought me awake just before three in the morning. Maybe it hadn’t been the insomnia, maybe it had simply been the nightmares, maybe a combination of both. Most of the nurses were still in the breakroom, using stupid ghost detector apps or playing cards for the spare change they kept in their purses and fanny packs. The nurses who were actually doing their job were trying to calm resi...

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“I’m Here For You. ” by Justice Bushey

Submitted to Contest #1

  “Anna?”   I cringed when I heard my name. But like clockwork I looked towards the voice. “Are you the new volunteer?” A dark haired woman asked me as she approached me with a large cake in her hands.  “I guess,” I said sharply.  She looked taken aback before forcing a smile.  “Do you think you could go put this cake over on the table? I would but I have to go give Winnie her medication.”  I rolled my eye’s   “I guess so,” I said taking the large chiclet cake in...

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“100 YEARS” by Lynette Nantongo

Submitted to Contest #1

January 10th. This day has made emergency feel lost in my thoughts even now and then I think about it. It's like a horrible tale that my grand mother used to tell me about a man whow lost his tooth in the jungle buy eating row oranges. Don't question yourself about a word am talking about because it very tiring when ever I explain to people of how much I want to stay in my present for the rest of my life. This has been going on for the passed eight years now. When made an oath to my father that i would marry before this day. Now it's here a...

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