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WDP — Where, Not When?

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Bloganuary writing prompt
Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?
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Okay, maybe I’m being a little persnickety, but the question asked about where you’ve felt loved. Seems to me the more appropriate question is when you’ve felt loved. After all, where refers to a place, a location, whereas when refers to a time.

But, being the literal person that I am, I’m going to respond to the question as it was actually asked versus the way I think it should have been asked.

A positive example of where I’ve felt loved is when I go to my son’s and daughter-in-law’s house and visit my grandkids. They are so happy and excited to see me and come running over to me and give me hugs and kisses. That is where — and when — I feel loved.

Where Was I That September Day?

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Athling at A Writer’s Life, has asked us where we were when “the world stopped turning” on September 11, 2001.

I was in Merrimack, New Hampshire sitting at my desk at work when Phil, one of my co-workers, ran into my office. “A plane just flew into one of the World Trade Center buildings in New York,” he said.

We ran together to the company cafeteria where a small group of people had already started to gather in front of the TV mounted on one of the walls. Phil and I got there just as a second plane flew into the other tower.

More and more employees came into the large room and gazed fixedly at the television screen. Some stood around the TV, some sat down at the cafeteria tables. All were mesmerized and horrified by what we were seeing and hearing.

No one was speaking. Everyone in that cafeteria was shocked into a frozen silence. The only sounds that could be heard were those coming from the TV and the sniffling coming from those watching, as most of us were crying. Even I, a typically stoic, unemotional man, was crying.

I spent a lot of time that day — and much of that week — crying. And being angry. Very angry.

It was a day that changed everything. It was, indeed, a memorable day.

WDP — Tattoos

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What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?

I have chosen to not have any tattoos (or piercings) on my body, so to answer today’s questions, I don’t want a tattoo. Thus, where I would put it is moot.

As to my decision to not have a tattoo, I have no regrets. Or maybe I should say I have no regerts.

Fandango’s Provocative Question #158

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Welcome once again to Fandango’s Provocative Question. Each week I will pose what I think is a provocative question for your consideration.

By provocative, I don’t mean a question that will cause annoyance or anger. Nor do I mean a question intended to arouse sexual desire or interest.

What I do mean is a question that is likely to get you to think, to be creative, and to provoke a response. Hopefully a positive response.

The other day I overheard a discussion in which one person said that they do their best thinking on the toilet. Another said that they do their best thinking while driving their car. A third person said it was while in the shower.

I thought this might be an interest question to ask you, my fellow members of the blogging community. So this week’s provocative question is simply…

When and where do you do your best thinking? Why is that?

If you choose to participate, write a post with your response to the question. Once you are done, tag your post with #FPQ and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Or you can simply include a link to your post in the comments. But remember to check to confirm that your pingback or your link shows up in the comments.

SoCS — Questions

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Where is my heart?
Where did you take it?
When can I have it back?

Where are you?
Where have you gone?
How could you leave me?

Where can I find you?
Where am I without you?
What am I supposed to do now?

Where did we go wrong?
Where does this leave me?
Why did you do this to us?

Where will this nightmare end?
Where did things unravel?
Who the hell are you, anyway?

Written for Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt, where Linda gives us the word “where.”