Five Minute Friday and friday5,

Right now I'm listening to a Mocking Bird who sings almost all night long in the Honey Suckle.  He signs "Mary, Mary,Mary" along with so many amazing little vocalizations.  It's wonderful to have him there.  Because when he is singing, I know that everything is alright back there.

OK, now onto Five Minute Friday:  The writing prompt this week is: RELEASE

You can find the full though small requirements page to participate by using the Five Minute Friday button in the side bar.  This is a great way to gather information from many sources very quickly.  Things that might help you to cope with what you are going through.  You can also offer a kind word or two, or ever make the writer know that what was written struck a cord with you.

We write for five minutes, just write, and worry little about anything other than getting the thoughts down in writing.

Here's mine:  For "Release".

I had some unexpected and sort of bad news, not life threatening nor illegal but bad none the less.  It freaked me out, scared me, I became scared for my child, who is, after all a full grown woman, and can take good care of herself.

Then I remembered that these things I was imagining where just that, They were just thoughts.  So, I prayed that she wouldn't be hurt in anyway.  She would have a good result in a friendship and one in which she trusted someone, for whom she has labored for several years to be right with her, and treat her fairly.  I realized that these things being just thoughts, did not mean they were truths, and didn't mean that they had do be necessarily bad.  We all learn from everything that happens to us.  We can grow from them and learn to handle life with more commitment to detail, and how to be wiser.  There are takers and their are givers.  Takers are ruthlessly selfish, but they can not hurt you in the long run, but they do teach you many things.  This is where release comes in.  You release those feelings back into the Universe, where they can be recycled, but you can take the lesson that has been given and keep it in your heart forever.

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Friday5

This Scatergories begins HERE at the Friday5 web page with having a randomletter generator pick a letter for you.
My letter was "f"

1. What article of clothing, whose name begins with the letter, have you never worn?
I've never worn a fur.  I have a fur that was given to me by my sister, but it lives in the freezer.  It's a cape.

2. What book, whose title begins with the letter, are you looking forward to reading?
Formerly a Slave, by Herman Melville.

3. What mode of transportation, whose name begins with the letter, seems like it would be fun?
Freight train.  In fact, in Ohio, my Mother, her sisters, and my little cousins and I would all hop the slow moving freight train into town a few days a month.  And then we would walk back home  to my Grandparent's house. 
4. What form of exercise, whose name begins with the letter, have you recently engaged in?
I do Fitness training once a week.  It's so my muscles don't atrophy.  

5. What fictional character, whose name begins with the letter, would be good company on a long trip?
Frodo Baggins of course!  I would love to go trekking with that cute little strange man

Thanks for participating, and have a opvlkcvp* weekend!

*generated by the random-letter generator!