Comfort Food is a real thing. The idea of eating for comfort might be new to you. Or you may have experienced how food can bring relaxation and a sense of well-being since you were a child. Perhaps you are an “eat to live” person and became a “love to eat” person during shelter in place, when activities were limited and frustrations were high. Here’s what happened to me with comfort food during shelter in place, summer 2020. “Comfort food took on a new meaning. It was more than comfort food. It was about how to cope with feeling scared. When food filled my belly, there was more than a feeling of satiation. There was a feeling of we’re going to be okay. We can handle this. I tell myself this is just a moment in time. It’s temporary. But I know we are forever changed.” —“Things I Never Thought…
Category: Prompts
Worried . . . Prompt #652
Prompt #1 I’m worried about . . . Prompt #2 50 years ago I worried about . . . Prompt #3 When I was 17, I worried about . . . How To Write Without Adding Trauma
Character deep within . . . Prompt #651
Today’s writing prompt: There is a character deep within me . . . #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
Still struggling . . . Prompt #650
What did adults tell you when you were a child that you still struggle with? #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter
Back in the day . . . Prompt #649
Back in the day, what did you, or your parents, or your grandparents do in the evenings? #imawriter #justwrite #iamwriting
People are . . . Prompt #648
“Mama Always Said Life Was Like a Box of Chocolates. You Never Know What You’re Gonna Get.”—Forrest Gump People are like that, too. You never know what people are going to do or say. Perhaps that was the inspiration for The 2022 Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest. Choose a category and Just Write! People are . . . Funny Amazing Changers Unreasonable Unpredictable World These are the categories for The 2022 Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest. Write your story and submit your writing.
Let me take this off your plate . . . Prompt #647
Someone said this to me recently: “Let me take this off your plate.” Sounds like a good writing prompt . . . so here we are. Just Write! “Let me take this off your plate.” #iamwriting #iamawriter #justwrite
I wish I would have . . . Prompt #646
I wish I would have . . . I wish I would not have . . . #justwrite #iamawriter #iamwriting
I’ve lied about . . . Prompt #645
Write about something you have lied about.
After school . . . Prompt #644
Remember when . . . What did you do after school? Start writing, see where this prompt takes you. #justwrite #iamwriting #iamawriter