Every March Two Writing Teachers hosts the Slice of Life Story Challenge. Everyone is welcome to share writing and comment on others in this special community.
As this year's SOLSC has launched, I am visiting my aunt and uncle in South Carolina. My aunt is a retired teacher who loved teaching writng, and she is fascinated with the Challenge. (It helps that three of my four daughter who she knows and loves are slicing alongside me throughout the month.)
Today, she has spent the day pointing out possible slices. We saw a sunning alligator... slice of life. She missed a putt... slice of life. I put her club in the wrong place... you guessed it.
My favorite was when she walked out of her bathroom with a piece of toilet paper.
"It's a slice of life," she said. "Look, there are scalloped edges on the toilet paper. Who has ever had scalloped edges on the toilet paper before?"
I can't say I have ever paid attention to the edges of my toilet paper, although my family does have its favorites. #charmin.
"I couldn't even break it easily," she said. "It doesn't break in a straight line. It's a curved line."
For the rest of the day, any time I had to use the bathroom, I found myself noticing how the toilet paper tore... or didn't. And now, anyone who is reading this post, might pay attention to how their toilet paper tears... or doesn't.
Slices really do appear throughout the day when you are paying attention and looking for them.
Gotta love March.
Diane (newtreemom)
ReplyDeleteSo funny! Who knows what slice will show up next!
You have an eye for slices, Melanie! I like how even the things that could be mishaps or frustrations are turned around with "That's a Slice!" What a great way to see everything - - through the lens of writing about it.
ReplyDeleteHaha!! This is a perfect slice to remind us of all the places a slice can happen, even in the bathroom!!
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