Monday, December 5, 2016

Ten Days to Live...

This story has been viewed more than any on my blog. I thought I'd re-post it for your enjoyment. It comes from a writing prompt





If I Had Ten Days to Prepare for My Final Day on Earth, What Would I Do? 

Cara awoke early, in a room frigid with cold air, enough to see her breath wafting across her face. A note fluttered through the air and landed on her chest. “You have ten days left! Make the most of them…!” 

After screaming, crying, and finding no explanation she took the warning to heart. "What to do first?"

She dressed, grabbed her keys, and flew out the door. The mall hadn’t opened, but Cara paced outside the front door until it did. For the next eight hours she shopped and shopped, picking out the perfect, memorable gift for each person on her Christmas list. She raced home, scoured the attic for the leftover Christmas paper, and wrapped them for next year’s Christmas. Cara stacked every package in among the Christmas decorations, finishing in time to meet her husband at the front door as he came in from work.

The next morning, she woke early, pulled out her video camera, and prepared videos for her children and grandchildren to enjoy on their birthdays. She wished them, ‘Happy Day’, for each year and gave them insight to her life at their ages.

Eight days from the end Cara designated her special treasures to each person she wished to have a remembrance of her.

On days six and seven, she and her husband climbed in the car and rode to their special place, spending two intimate days together.

With five days left. she again was up with the birds, doing the laundry, cleaning, and ironing. She joined her friends for a long lunch where she laughed and cried for most of the afternoon.

Four days out… She spent it cherishing time with her children doing the normal mother/daughter errands, lunch, and gossip they enjoyed throughout their lives.

Three days from the end, The grandchildren spent the day with Cara at the movies. After, they played games, read stories and loved each other.

Two more days… Cara made peace with God.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                           
The day before… Cara gathered the people she loved the most, together. They sat by the pool in the bright sunshine while the grandkids swam. They laughed and talked, of the days gone by and the new ones to come. Ending the evening with pizza and lots of hugs.

This day she met her mother and grandmother, again!

Cara rubbed her eyes, yawned and stretched. “Man what a nightmare!” she murmured. “Who wants to plan the final ten days of their life? Maybe that was a warning to live life, enjoy family, friends, and to be thankful to God,” she said out loud. “And whoever is listening, I get the message.”


2ND CHANCES: A BOOK OF CHOICES by TD Cooper

Imagine a two hundred and fifty year love affair with a guardian angel and the reincarnated soul of his soulmate.
Trevor Brady drowned while pirating on the Caribbean in the 1700’s and was given a chance to redeem his soul. He begins life anew, as a guardian of human beings. Trevor also finds himself in love with what may be the reincarnation of his childhood sweetheart, who was murdered by Trevor’s former ship captain. To make things worse, it looks like the ship’s captain has returned from the grave, bent on taking his revenge on Trevor and all whom he loves. They all collide in the world of kidnapping, drugs, and slavery.

Magic House by TD Cooper

Regina and her brother, Dyson, find themselves in foster care along with four other children. Though distraught after seeing their parents die, and ignorant of a secret magical society, they are grateful to be living in a loving home. All that changes when Veronica, their oldest sibling, brings a dangerous stranger into their lives; A stranger who wants to steal their magic by killing them.
Regina and her three younger siblings hide in a dilapidated mansion, safe from the killer. It turns out to be the magical refuge of a lost race from Atlantis. There, they learn that Mrs. Hillsdale, their foster mother, has a mortal wound and only magic can save her.
The children set out on a quest, against the wishes of the leaders of Magic House, to save Mrs. Hillsdale. They enlist the help of dragons, brownies, and unicorns; all living under the protection of Magic House, and all willing to lay down their lives for Regina Edwards.

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