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or’s yard, making her deck feel like an oasis. It isn’t long before Lori Haskins goes outside, unlocks her garage and starts setting up her patio furniture by herself. She’s too stubborn to ask for help and now her body is paying the price. She lies in bed, ice packs soothing both arms and a heating pad <b>on her back</b>. She counts down the minute<b>s</b>, waiting to <b>shift the soothing relief</b> to her legs and front. Her body sends a message: She isn’t as young as she perceives.</p><p id="7f93">Check out this drabble challenge:</p><div id="aa0c" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/fiction-shorts-2024-drabble-challenge-56c4c4cedf25"> <div> <div> <h2>Fiction Shorts 2024 Drabble Challenge</h2>

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Perception of Youth

Before body aches & pains become a reality

Day 86 ~ Today’s daily word for 3/26 is young

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Sixty degrees and climbing. Sunshine glares through the bare trees in her neighbor’s yard, making her deck feel like an oasis. It isn’t long before Lori Haskins goes outside, unlocks her garage and starts setting up her patio furniture by herself. She’s too stubborn to ask for help and now her body is paying the price. She lies in bed, ice packs soothing both arms and a heating pad on her back. She counts down the minutes, waiting to shift the soothing relief to her legs and front. Her body sends a message: She isn’t as young as she perceives.

Check out this drabble challenge:

Photo by Author, Buddy & Ms. Piggy (aka ~ Bubba & SweetPea or Bubba-boo & Sissy)

✴ My kitty-cats get bored when I write, so toss them a treat if you like.

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