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I’m joining in with the Five Minute Friday writers this week. Each week, a one word prompt is given, and the challenge to write something prompted by that word for five minutes. This week, the word is “Progress.”

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Progress is measured in many ways. How much weight you lose, how many pages you write, how much packing you get done each day during a move, and on and on.

Right now for me, progress is little things. For a number of reasons, I’ve slipped into depression over the past few years. So now, I’m trying to do small things. Each day, I try to finish reading my paper copy of our newspaper on the same day we receive it. I’ve managed it most days, though not every day yet. It may seem small to you, but it’s a victory, and once I do it every day for a while, I’ll add something else.

You can do anything, if you do small things first.

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I’ve decided to join the FMF fun. I was given a word prompt, instructions to set a timer for 5 minutes, and just write. To check it out, go here. This week’s prompt word is Normal. And, go!

They keep talking about the “New Normal.” the press, the governors, comunity leaders, and now, just people. A LOT of people, who don’t seem to realize what the term “new normal” even means.

New normal is not a temporary thing. The first time I ever heard the term was when my best friend’s husband died. One day when I asked how she was handling things without him, she said she was learning to live with her “new normal.”

“New Normal” is not a temporary thing like our governor and the press would have us believe. The term itself is a permanent thing. Are we in a new normal? If so, I resist, my family resists, and will do so forever.

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