FSF Challenge - Strength

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This week's writing challenge from Five Sentence Fiction ( Lillie McFerrin Writes ) is based upon the prompt: Strength

What it’s all about: Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week Lillie posts one word for inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word.

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This is a follow-up from the last FSF challenge...

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Words of Encouragement

     Donna had nearly fallen asleep in the grim silence of her room when her rehab nurse knocked, peeking inside to see if she was in her room. Reluctantly, she wheeled herself through the door, and as they entered the clinic's rehabilitation area, passed in front of the television just as the Olympic ski jumping competition began.
     "I used to be athletic, too, but now I'm so weak—I'll probably never even be able to walk, let alone run."
     "For the moment, it's more important that your mind be strong than your legs," said the nurse, "so that you will have the courage to keep trying."
     Donna, with a groan of resignation, pulled herself up onto the parallel bars used to retrain damaged legs to support the weight of a body, and began her routine—again.

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Shameless plug section!

The horror anthology, Gothic Blue Book III - Graveyard Edition  by Burial Day Books, includes my poem, The Ballad of Drunken Jack. Available on Amazon for Kindle or in paperback.

The zombie anthology, Haiku of the Dead by Dreamscape Press, includes my poem, Hunting Season. Available on Amazon in paperback.

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Writers! Share the best blog post, story, or poem you've written in 2013 here: Best of 2013

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