This week begins the first weekly writing inspiration. If you are planning on joining in and want us to see your work, please feel free to leave a comment with a link to your post or with a bit of your writing. This week’s topic is Touching Moments… it will mean something different to every single person who sees that prompt. Write about one moment…what you feel, what moves you, why it moves you and how it moves you.
Atmospheric Change
The day was dark and dismal, much like any other day in our area but there was a sense of something to come, something bigger than ourselves, something unexpected. When the children returned from school that day, the feeling persisted… looming and keeping my clan of normally rather unruly boys oddly quiet and whispery.
As the thunder began to peal in the background complete with the eerie strikes of lightning, the quiet was palpable. The power went out soon after the storm began.
Since we live in an area where storms aren’t likely to be dangerous, children typically learn at a fairly early age not to fear thunder and lightning. There is definitely still a certain awe that permeates the air when such magnificent feats of nature display themselves for my children to experience, but not fear.
The littlest of my children still haven’t quite moved past the initial anxiety surrounding a storm, so sensing their unrest it isn’t uncommon to see the older ones buddy up with them to play a game, draw on paper or tell a story.
It is an amazing thing to witness from my perspective as mom… since they don’t normally interact a lot the older boys and the younger boys. This sense of comeraderie that seems to be felt from the teens remembering what it was like to be little themselves and feeling that fear again in the eyes of their little brothers.
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