Winning First Place, Finally

I’ve won second and third place and been a finalist in different writing contests. But that first place has always been elusive.

My husband promised to make me a oak shelf for my first trophy with the first place win.

Guess what? I finally won first place.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020, 4:28 PM slonwgoldenquill@gmail.com wrote:

Dear Debra,

I am happy to inform you that you have won FIRST PLACE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION in the 2020 Golden Quill Writing Contest for your entry “A Split-Second Revelation”.

Again, congratulations, and thank you for entering. Please let me know if you have any questions.


Contest Director

No trophy. Not with this win.

I guess that means no oak shelf, too.

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Missing months

The last four – five months have been taxing for most and horrible for some people. I fall somewhere in between.

Besides the virus, I’ve been dealing with my husband’s medical issues. Open heart surgery at the best of times is a lot to go through. But when the patient and the loved one can’t see each other, it’s a whole new world.

I was lucky to have a sibling and a few close friends and neighbors to help me get through that month without him. The first few weeks after he got home he needed a lot of help, then less and less. Now, he seems fine. And, I thank God for his recovery.

Bottom line is: I don’t know where the time went. But I know I wasn’t blogging.

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