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Falling down and Getting up

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Feb 7, 2022
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Falling down and Getting up

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Drawing by Anya Toomre originally appeared in Meandering Muses: Inspirations from A to Z

“Asphalt is hard!” Thalia rubbed her hip and tailbone.

“And ice on asphalt is slippery!” Cal exclaimed while rubbing her elbow.

Urania massaged a tendon running from her neck to her shoulder. “We laid there a good long time in the dark — not sure if Typist could get up — Henrietta pulling and chomping on the McDonald’s mega-cup she’d carried home from Hilo Drive.”

“Feeling pretty low and grumbly — all of us,” Calliope sighed.

“And then we got the memo from David… Monday Morning Motivation. When God closes a window he opens a door… Or sends a little encouragement?” Thalia asked. “One minute spent complaining robs you of sixty-seconds of making forward progress.”

“Get up.”

“Keep Going.”

“I knew there was a reason somebody invented pain relievers!”

And in that moment Typist remembered — All shall be well.

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Monty
Feb 7, 2022Liked by 3musesmerge

I hope you are alright except for tenderness or soreness.

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Pennie R. S. Nelson
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Feb 7, 2022Liked by 3musesmerge

You have to careful up there. The ice can be horrible. I remember it all to well. I hope that you are alright.

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