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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: River (08/31/06)
A Place of Solitude


Jennie had always loved the river it seemed as though it endlessly flowed through the dense woods behind her childhood home.

As she stood at the water’s edge, she began to daydream, thinking of the times, as a child growing up on the river it had been a place of solace and peace when she needed it. Like
whenever she got a less than good grade on her report card or when she had a fight with a boyfriend or a disagreement with her parents. Jennie would trek through the towering pines to the river’s edge and skip stones across the surface of the water, thinking and praying. Most of her problems were solved right where she stood at the river’s edge.

Jennie remembered as a child she had heard the story of Jesus and John the Baptist. She wondered if the Jordan River was anything like her river. Then her vivid imagination kicked into gear. She began to visualize John and Jesus out in the water in front of her. John baptized Jesus and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him. Maybe that was why she felt so much peace and solace here.

How could she part with such a special place? Within a short time her childhood home may become the home for another family. The lovely, quaint home in a picturesque setting was up for sale.

Jennie just could not part with her special place of solitude, her old friend, the river.
She decided right then and there to keep the place herself. So she did and she spent many hours of peace and solitude, speaking to her Heavenly Father at the river’s edge.
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Jan Ackerson
09/10/06
How fortunate Jennie was to be able to keep her special place! You had so many more words--I'd have loved to have learned more about Jennie, how she was able to keep it, etc. I encourage you to expand on pieces like this, to give your readers a more fully realized story. You have a knack for vivid description.
Patrick Oden
09/11/06
Even in this short amount of space you are able to tell us so much about Jennie and about her memories and imagination.

This feels a bit like a summary, but I really do love it. It's a great sign when the reader is left wanting more. Excellent entry.