Category Archives: encouragement

Five Minute Friday — Change

Posted on August 22, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Five Minute Friday time. The hundred plus girls and I free write with no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write. {okay, we may clean it up a bit} This week’s prompt is CHANGE. … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Tell

Posted on August 15, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s time to carve out five minutes for some focused, yet free-flowing writing along with the crew at Five Minute Friday, a free write with no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write. {okay, we … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Fill

Posted on August 8, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Friday. It’s Friday. It’s time to carve out five minutes for some focused, yet free-flowing writing along with the crew at Five Minute Friday. We’ve changed hosts … but not intent. It still is meant to be a free … Continue reading →

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Love! Love! Love!

Posted on August 2, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

If you heard a loud raucous roar coming from the Brownstone Inn in Paterson, NJ, this afternoon, it wasn’t a rowdy riot … it was a loving celebration that may have raised some decibel levels a little bit past normal. … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Begin

Posted on August 1, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Well, it’s Friday. Time to join the hundreds over at Lisa Jo’s place for a Friday free for all writing frenzy for the final time. You remember, each Friday we congregate at Lisa Jo’s place (http://lisajobaker.com/) to throw in our … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Finish

Posted on July 25, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Friday and you know what that means. Time for Lisa Jo’s prompt ( http://lisajobaker.com/2014/07/five-minute-friday-finish/)and five minutes of uninterrupted writing — transferring thoughts from my mind through my fingers to the screen for all to view. This week, I’m just … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Belong

Posted on July 12, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s Friday. And even though I’m on a family vacation with the grandkids, today’s prompt was so appropriate I felt compelled to jot down five minutes worth of words. The Friday task is to write for just five minutes on … Continue reading →

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Big Ears … By Ron

Posted on July 10, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

I just had to share this one from Ron Hutchcraft. As usual, it blends humor into the message … a trait I try to follow. So, here’s Ron… I recently heard a story about a farmer who was suing … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Exhale

Posted on July 4, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

As I approached this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday, I immediately thought of a previous FMF assignment. This week’s word is EXHALE. The word for April 5, 2013 was AFTER. The two prompts somehow connected for me. Exhaling is … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Lost

Posted on June 27, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Here we are. Another Friday. Another installment of Five Minute Friday courtesy of Lisa Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2014/06/five-minute-friday-lost/) and her crew. It’s here where we focus on a prompt word and just let the words flow freely for five minutes {more … Continue reading →

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