I heard her talking behind me as I stood in line.
It was primary day and I was waiting to vote.
I was people watching as I waited.
I waved to a few people I knew as I stood waiting my turn.

I could hear at least three different voices behind me.
They were engaged in conversation.
A young girl was standing in front of me.
A woman behind me was giving her voting instructions.

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I sat in the chair getting ready for my pedicure.
It is one of those little luxuries for which I am grateful.
It is always so much fun to pick the nail polish color.
However, I always choose from the same color palette, practically the same color each time.

I looked down at my watch.
I knew that the time could not possibly be correct.
It was showing a time that was a half hour before my appointment.
I knew that when I got out of my car the clock told me that I was three minutes early.

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I see the two yellow daffodils on my windowsill.
They are in a Styrofoam cup.
They are bending down looking as if they are bowing to the crowd.
They were a gift.

They were a gift from a precious little boy.
He and his brother came to help my husband bring the deck furniture from the basement.
They and their two brothers spend a lot of time in our home.
For these two, who are the older brothers, being “hired” for a few jobs is encouraging.

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What?
Excuse me?
Can you repeat that?
I can’t hear you.

That seems to be the refrain for many of us.
Sometimes we want things repeated for legitimate reasons.
Sometimes we really cannot hear the person talking to us.
Sometimes we are putting off the inevitable words that will follow.

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I do not like parking garages.
I like the concept of them.
I appreciate that they keep me out of the weather.
I just do not like the feeling I get when I drive in one.

Some parking garages are fine.
Some parking garages have very low ceilings.
They are the ones that bother me.
Though I am not textbook claustrophobic, I do not always like closed spaces.

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I was driving down the road and saw something odd ahead of me.
I was in the middle lane of a three lane road.
The car belonging to the driver in the right lane looked a bit odd.
From a distance, I could not discern what was shining so brightly from the side of the car.

As I drove along, my lane was clearer than the lane to my right.
I was able to drive up alongside of the little red car.
As I approached, I could see something shining in a place where a bumper should be.
My mind was trying to make sense of what I was seeing while still driving safely on the road.

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Driving home from church, I saw them.
A group of people were standing in a circle underneath a tree.
Their heads were bowed.
The mood was somber.

The writer in me connected the dots as I looked at the scene.
Since one man was holding what appeared to be a Bible, I concluded that it was a funeral.
Since children were part of the group, I concluded that it was probably a family pet.
The clouds were gray and no sun was shining, which seemed appropriate.

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I woke up to the sound of singing.
Each day, it was the call of the morning.
Some might have been frustrated that their sleep was disturbed.
I seemed to count on it.

I was only fifteen years old at the time.
Spring was ready to burst forth.
Crocuses that my mother planted around the lamppost were ready to bloom.
Soon the colors of spring would be everywhere.

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A friend of mine is getting ready to go on a cruise.
I saw her Facebook post.
I wished her well.
I know she will have a wonderful time.

As for me, I’m not so sure.
I have never been on a cruise ship but I have no desire to go on one.
I remember one experience that happened about twenty-three years ago.
I think of it from time to time and can still remember it vividly.

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She was walking with her father holding his hand.
She was skipping like little girls do.
It was a bitterly cold day and she was wearing her winter boots.
I heard the sound of the boots against the ground.

I was bringing my husband’s suit to the cleaners.
I was holding the suit tightly as the wind whipped around me.
I left the cleaners with my receipt in my hand.
I should have put the paper in my wallet since the wind was doing its best to steal it.

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