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#SoCS & #JusJoJan January 4th, 2025 – In Front/Behind

04 Jan 2025 20 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan, #SoCS Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt…

Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 4th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “in front/behind.” Use “in front,” use “behind,” or use them both in your post for bonus points! Enjoy!

Let’s just go with the flow on this one, shall we?

So, in front of me, I have my computer screen, and around it are various knick-knacks, ranging from gifts I’ve been given to mugs and my Lego Orchid. (Can’t kill that!) Just above the computer screen is my motivation wall, filled with quotes and to the side is my vision board, created last year, and updated.

Behind me are some of my bookshelves and my large (still blank at the moment) working board, where I write my current WIP plan.

I am surrounded by words, books and implements to help my reading and writing. I am in one of my favourite spaces. My writing room…

The Friday Reminder for #SoCS & #JusJoJan 2025 Daily Prompt for Jan. 4th

Meander- #JusJoJan2025 Day 3

03 Jan 2025 12 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, inspiration, Linda G Hill, Poetry, Slingshot

Welcome back! I’m here with our third prompt for Just Jot it January 2025. Today, our prompt comes from the great mind of Kaye. Thank you, Kaye! Please be sure to visit Kaye’s blog to read her posts and say hello. And follow her while you’re there if you’re not already.

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 3rd, 2025 is “meander.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

If you’d like to see what I have so far on your prompt list and what’s to come, you can find the list HERE.

Meander

Meandering mind
Time travelling - good old days
Missing those we lost

Meandering mind
Old places - good memories
Wishing for return

Meandering mind
Future - days we want to see
Dreaming of those smiles

Meandering mind
Grateful for the here and now
Perusing blessings

Ritu 2025

Slingshot – #JusJoJan2025 Day 2

02 Jan 2025 14 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Slingshot

Hello! And welcome to our second prompt for Just Jot it January 2025. Today’s prompt comes to us courtesy of Liz. Many thanks, Liz! Please be sure to visit Liz’s blog to read her posts and say hello. And follow her while you’re there if you’re not already.

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 2nd, 2025 is “slingshot.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

If you’d like to see what I have so far on your prompt list and what’s to come, you can find the list HERE.

Hey there!

So, I am going to try and join in in as many of these prompts as I can, this January, in a bid to get writing, again!

And today’s word is slingshot.

You know, I immediately thought of a cocktail, but upon a little research, I was actually thinking of a Singapore Sling, however I did find a couple of ones called Slingshot! But, I’m pretty off alcohol now so no point in writing about them!

The second thing to come to mind is that little weapon… you know the one!

I never had one. I would have been a terrible shot. It would have wounded me more than anyone else, if I had tried to operate one to be frank!

Did you ever have one?

One-Liner Wednesday and #JusJoJan2025 – Change

01 Jan 2025 12 Comments

by Ritu in #1linerweds, #onelinerwednesday Tags: #jusjojan, #onelinerwednesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill

“You don’t just wake u and become the butterfly. Growth is a process.”
Rupi Kaur

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds Challenge, and in the spirit of my WOTY for 2025 – Change

Spidey’s Serene Sunday #415 – Mothers & Daughters

19 Feb 2023 37 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Mothers and Daughters

“As is the mother, so is the daughter.”
Ezekiel 16;44

What an apt quote today, after the last week, Spidey.

I took Lil Princess to get a haircut last weekend and had a trim, myself. I took one picture of myself, and for the first time, it really hit me how much I look like my mum!

More occasions this week corroborated the fact, as certain little people kept calling me by the name they use for my mum… innocently saying, “Sorry, but you look so much like her!”

And my brother stated with shock, I think, at how much I resemble or mother now.

That’s not a bad thing.

Each wrinkle and line has developed through the smiles and laughter in my life.

When I look at my mother’s eyes, her love shines through as she smiles, and those little lines around the edges show the depths of her love for us all.

My Mum is a beautiful person, inside and out. It’s an honour to see her so clearly in my reflection. I notice the crinkles at the sides of my eyes, the lines beginning to appear in different places.

I hope that is what others see in me, too.

And, that it is not only the outside that resembles her but what she stands for, inside,