It rarely snows where I live, but when it does —I get outside and hit the beach. Snowfall gives nature a change of scenery, renews perspective, and challenges me — to get upside down.
It took a few tries to get this shot!
Initially, I tried to do the headstand…
I was walking through the neighborhood at nighttime looking for threesomes outdoors for the November “3” challenge, but couldn’t find any. I thought, “What if I find three things from nature and make an art piece?”
I found the leaf, picked up the pebble next to it, found the flower…
“Mom, just do it!” I stretched my goggles over my head, tiptoed into the Pacific Ocean, past my knees, thighs, and then above my belly button. I wanted to quit right there — the water was freezing. My 10-year old son dived in and splashed me — I screamed, he…
I remember talking to my co-worker who was the same height with a similar body frame to mine, over two decades younger, and 20 pounds lighter than me. I told her I wanted to lose my belly fat but that I’d never return to the same weight I was at…
My father taught me how to ride my first two-wheeler, roll my tummy, and snap a Polaroid, but he didn’t teach me how to meditate. I had no urge to sit still, eyes closed, silent, and mindless for endless minutes for no apparent reason.
When I was nine, I’d run…
Can you tell a story in six words inspired by a photo taken by yourself?
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Mary Chang is an award-winning short story fiction writer, memoir writer, blogger, and editor of the Six Word Photo Story Challenge publication…
I’m trying to declutter my home. The stuff keeps building up — it’s out of control and feels impossible to start organizing. Perhaps it’s because I feel a sense of control when things are “in order” and somehow the disarray makes me feel lost, overwhelmed, and chaotic.
Can you tell a story in six words inspired by a photo taken by yourself?
Check out the latest November Challenge stories inspired by the Power of “3!”
If you’d like to submit to the Six Word Photo Story Challenge and participate in November’s “3” Challenge, see full details and…
Finding shine through exercise, people & life stories. Fueled by cartwheels. Editor of Six Word Photo Story Challenge. www.marychangstorywriter.com
