The Orange Between Red and Yellow

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f73">Some of these transitions happen rapidly. Some take far too long. Some are supported while many face resistance.</p><p id="0047">Change can be terrifying. I know I personally prefer to keep change in my front pocket or that little zipper pocket on my purse. I hate change. And yet, I’m changing all the time.</p><p id="b9a9">Transition is that in-between place. It is the orange between yellow and red. It is not quite one or the other. It’s an interesting place to be. Though orange is one of my least favorite colors these days.</p><p id="3fc9">I’d like to know more about your transitions. Have they been a struggle or were they super easy? Did you have emotional support? Were you vilified? Did your government devolve into chaos or was reason restored?</p><p id="2ab7"><b>Transition </b>50 Words <b>Go!</b></p><p id="76da">Before I send you to the submission guidelines, I have a request. TBI loves to promote our writers. If you would like your 50 Word stories pushed like inner-city heroin, please leave your social media handles at the bottom of your piece. Feel free to follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBadInfluenc7">@TheBadInfluenc7</a>. Follow the editors of Thrifty Words Theme Challenge, <a href="undefined">Jonica Bradley</a> and <a href="undefined">Marla Bishop</a> on Twitter here <a href="https://twitter.com/lynn_jonica">@lynn_jonica</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/tulipchickuk">@tulipchickuk</a></p><p id="0f30">Finally, here are, as always, the submission guidelines:</p><div id="6c84" class="link-block"> <a

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href="https://readmedium.com/50-words-submission-guidelines-86eb3008735"> <div> <div> <h2>50 Words Submission Guidelines</h2> <div><h3>Welcome to THRIFTY WORDS. TBI aim to provide a home for all microfiction consisting of 50 words and no more.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*hzLO-qZ6gnaSLhG20X5UWg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="2a73">Remember, in order to be considered for the challenge, you need to write <b>exactly</b> fifty words (contractions such as ‘you’ll’ and ‘y’all’ count as one, as do articles ‘a’ and ‘the’ ‘and all 23 auxiliary verbs ‘am’ ‘is’ ‘are’ etc. Hyphenated words count as one word.)</p><p id="474c">Please use the kicker <b>50 WORDS</b> and ‘<b>Thrifty Words Challenge #15: Transition’ </b>as your subtitle and submit by 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT on Friday, 11 December. All stories submitted by the deadline will be released the following morning at 6 am EST / 11 am GMT.</p><p id="91b6">A reminder: we will only publish one story per author to the roundup. If you submit more than one story, it is most likely that the first story submitted will be chosen for the roundup. You may submit 50 Word stories outside of the theme challenge anytime. They will be published in the Thrifty Words section but not included in the theme challenge roundup.</p></article></body>

Thrifty Words Theme Challenge #15: Transition

I’ve been thinking a lot about transition lately. My son is transitioning from childhood to adulthood. He’s in that in-between space emotionally and physically. He’ll be 18 in a few weeks and is moving out a few days later. He’ll be driving himself across the country to live with his bio mom until school starts. And then he’s moving to Utah by himself.

These are all huge steps and his transition won’t necessarily be easy. Life isn’t easy, though.

There are so many types of transitions going on at the moment.

Transition of power in the US. Transition of employment. Transition from pandemic to health crisis, or vice versa. People transitioning genders. Transition from worm to butterfly. Transition from crippling depression to relative happiness. Transition from night to day or day to night. Children transitioning to adults.

Some of these transitions happen rapidly. Some take far too long. Some are supported while many face resistance.

Change can be terrifying. I know I personally prefer to keep change in my front pocket or that little zipper pocket on my purse. I hate change. And yet, I’m changing all the time.

Transition is that in-between place. It is the orange between yellow and red. It is not quite one or the other. It’s an interesting place to be. Though orange is one of my least favorite colors these days.

I’d like to know more about your transitions. Have they been a struggle or were they super easy? Did you have emotional support? Were you vilified? Did your government devolve into chaos or was reason restored?

Transition 50 Words Go!

Before I send you to the submission guidelines, I have a request. TBI loves to promote our writers. If you would like your 50 Word stories pushed like inner-city heroin, please leave your social media handles at the bottom of your piece. Feel free to follow us on Twitter @TheBadInfluenc7. Follow the editors of Thrifty Words Theme Challenge, Jonica Bradley and Marla Bishop on Twitter here @lynn_jonica and @tulipchickuk

Finally, here are, as always, the submission guidelines:

Remember, in order to be considered for the challenge, you need to write exactly fifty words (contractions such as ‘you’ll’ and ‘y’all’ count as one, as do articles ‘a’ and ‘the’ ‘and all 23 auxiliary verbs ‘am’ ‘is’ ‘are’ etc. Hyphenated words count as one word.)

Please use the kicker 50 WORDS and ‘Thrifty Words Challenge #15: Transition’ as your subtitle and submit by 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT on Friday, 11 December. All stories submitted by the deadline will be released the following morning at 6 am EST / 11 am GMT.

A reminder: we will only publish one story per author to the roundup. If you submit more than one story, it is most likely that the first story submitted will be chosen for the roundup. You may submit 50 Word stories outside of the theme challenge anytime. They will be published in the Thrifty Words section but not included in the theme challenge roundup.