Week 13

Thanks for stopping by for Week 13 of 100 Word Wednesdays!

We took our boys on a weekend getaway to Oregon via fishing ponds and lakes. This was our last stop on our way home and we were excited the fishing was only for ages 14 and under. While our boys patiently fished, they didn’t catch a thing. Families and children were seemingly catching with wild abandon, but not a bite. One of the children even offered bait, but it wasn’t in the cards.

As we discussed with our children, half the fun of fishing isn’t the catch, but the solitude. To be alone with your thoughts in the great outdoors, the goal for our trip wasn’t to catch and eat but to catch and release. Maybe we weren’t hungry enough, or maybe the others who were taking the fish home really needed the catches. In any case, our boys were able to practice patience and really have the opportunity to be encouraged, and encourage, the other fisherman without losing heart.

Second only to the scenery, it was a beautiful thing.

What moved you?

Please take a few minutes to read and comment on your fellow writers work

Living on the edge – Reena Saxena

Blue sky and cotton-like clouds – Ladyleemanila

Under the stillness – Leaking Ink

Rules – JoHawkTheWriter

Fourteen and Under – The Showers of Blessing

Joy Galore – kittyverse

Distant Memories – Uniquesu

Peaceful Place – Following Him Beside Still Waters

Trouble Waters – Ramblings of a Writer

They Wouldn’t Believe Me! – Mick E Talbot Poems

I see…. – Sangbad

Fishing – This is Another Story

The Fight for Air – Mandibelle16

Patience – Bikurgurl

Didn’t get in this week? No worries! I’ll be posting a new challenge every Wednesday

How to participate? A few guidelines as we begin….

1. Simply check my feed, or search the reader, for the 100WW or tag #100WW, post each Wednesday. I’ll also be posting on my Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Feeds.
2. Write your submission on your blog, Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook Feed and ping back to the weekly blog post. Feel free to use the image provided or your own. Please do credit the artist whose image we use – Links provided!
3. I have not enabled automatic pingbacks due to a plethora of spam messages attempting to link up. Do feel free to also continue posting your links and I will enable your pingbacks as I check my blog. Thank you for understanding!!
4. I’ll provide a Weekly Summary, or Windup, of posts on or by Tuesday; take the opportunity to read and comment on your fellow bloggers posts {keeping in mind to give each other grace and space}. I’ll try to read them all, but I can’t post your submission in the Weekly Wind-Up if you haven’t posted before the end of the weekend but I’ll do my best to catch ’em all!
5. Have fun! I enjoy reading your challenge submissions