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Make Every Word Count

Do They Leave the Light On? [100 -Words]

10/9/2020

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Picture[photo courtesy of www.100wordstory.org/photo-prompt]
Motel 6. If there’d been a Motel 1, I’m sure that’s where we would have spent Christmas. No home. No tree. No gifts. No frills, even though Daddy’d finally hit the “Big-Time” in the stock market.

He’d listened to the Lord’s Voice, and as usual, was paralyzed by not having to struggle to juggle bills. We suffered more when he made-then-lost money. The reality of a daddy with schizophrenia. The Voice said he would strike it rich—Oil Wells in Tulsa. We moved. That never happened. We spent the holiday in Motel 6, where they don’t really leave the light on.


By Lisa H. Owens
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100 Word Stories - October 2020 Photo Prompt


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