Guess what?!? It’s Wedneday and I have new words that are being added to MOONSTRUCK: RETRIBUTION. Sadly, I didn’t “win” anything in last week’s Thursday Threads flashfiction challenge but that’s okay. That’s not why I participate. I do it because it’s a way to make my brain and Iffy sync up and work together so I can remain creative and focused on the WIP at hand. Sadly, I have been a real slacker this time around. I probably should have participated in NaNoWriMo but I didn’t. It was a little weird because I’ve done it every year since like…wow. I don’t actually remember. 2008 or somewhere way back when. Anyway, looking forward not back. Today’s prompt is: *”We’re in this together.”* Again, no real background, just that this scene comes in fairly early in the compilation.
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Annie watched the three little boys as they played. She glanced over at the other wives. “How do you do it?”
“Do what?” Sally looked up from the mass of yarn covering her rounded belly. “Crochet?”
Smiling, Annie shook her head. “No. Sit around all cool and calm while they’re out there doing…well…you know. I mean, Sean was already out of the army when we met.” She blinked, considering. “Well. Not exactly out but not…you know…on…” She inhaled. “What do you call it? Deployment? Or something. I mean, how did you get through the holidays? How did you get through anything?”
Hannah cleared her throat. “How did you manage as a single mom, Annie?”
“Okay. I managed but it was hard and I knew Cody’s sperm donor would never be around so I did what I had to do. How do you go from having them with you to having them lord knows where doing lord knows what but very likely in danger?” Her gaze settled on Jacey. “What do you do when they don’t come back?”
“It’s like the commercial, hon,” Jacey replied, her voice soft. “You just do it.”
“Okay, enough,” Hannah said.
“Uh oh,” Liz stage whispered. “I recognize that look.”
“Hannah…” Jacey’s voice held a warning.
“Look, we’re in this together. I vote we take Christmas on the road.” She stuck out her hand.
“All for one…”
Each woman added her own hand. “One for all,” they agreed.
“Road trip!” Izzy yelled.
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There you have it. Our intrepid sisterhood is out to save Christmas. Writers, take the prompt and run. Readers, what would you do to save Chrstmas?
Silver James 
I’m really too tired to do much to save Christmas. This year I will put a smile on my face and as you wrote, “just do it.”
I just bought Midnight Clear. I hope I can get to start it this weekend ☺️.
Have a fantastic Wednesday.
Oh, it’s snowing right now and everything has a sugar coating. Very pretty.
I MISS snow! But not too much. LOL I totally hear you on the tired. I keep procrastinating on getting any outside decorating done. At this point, I wonder if it’s worth the effort.
I hope you find the time and enjoy it. Hang in there! ❤