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100 Words - Against

by JM

notebook.jpgHello everyone. I hope you all are having a lovely Wednesday so far. Or, if you are far away from my time zone, I hope you had a lovely Tuesday and will have an even better Wednesday. I hope you will join me in having a bit of wordy fun…

Once again the lovely Velvet Verbosity has provided us with a one word prompt for our weekly 100 words. If you participate, be sure to leave a link to your post here in the comments section and on the VV post for this week.

Without further ado, I must collect my thoughts on: Against

Our daughter Amelia, Melly for short, had decided at the wise age of three that she was politically minded.

“Like Alex,� she would say.

Alex, ten years older, already had an interest in politics. Melly simply liked to let her opinion be known. Fortunately, she didn’t quite yet know how to deal with opposition from President Mom.

“I’m against eating carrots,� she said one day, eyeing the orange veggies on the table.

“Well,� I said, “I’m against you not eating your vegetables like a good little girl.�

Melly blinked at that a few times and then said, “Well, maybe one.�

This 100 words is actually inspired by a video I saw on a mom blog months ago (no, I’m not a mother, but I plan to be someday) but I don’t have the time to go hunting it down at the moment. Even so, I hope you like it.

Have a wonderful rest of the day and stop for a chat soon.

***This post is part of the Fiction Scribe 100 Comments Contest. Click on the link to find out how you can win.***


Posted in My Writing, Tags/Memes on May 28th, 2008

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8 Responses to “100 Words - Against”

  1. Velvet Verbosity Says:
    May 28th, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Ha! I love it. I totally thought you were a mom when I read it. “President Mom”…”I’m against eating carrots”. I remember moments like those. You capture well how kids try to exert their independence.

  2. the Wandering Author Says:
    May 28th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    That’s a good one! I’m still turning ideas over in my head for this one. I hate to do the same old thing all the time. Still, I like yours; it was quite a trick, to fit that story into exactly 100 words.

  3. JM Says:
    May 28th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    I’m glad you two like it. I had a lot of fun with it and was hoping that wanting to be a mom would count for something. :)

    WA - It wasn’t easy. Hehe. I spent a lot of time trying to get it down.

  4. misty w Says:
    May 28th, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    I thought you were a mom when I read it, too. Great writing. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

  5. the Wandering Author Says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Well, I’ve got something up; be warned! I tried my hand at poetry this time.

  6. JM Says:
    May 29th, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Misty - :)

    WA - Thanks for the linky!

  7. Secret Agent Mama Says:
    June 2nd, 2008 at 8:41 pm

    I didn’t like it… I LOVED IT!!

  8. JM Says:
    June 5th, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    :) I’m glad.

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