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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Vines (11/21/05)
A few years ago my aunt left me her home. There was nothing special about it, except she hadn't live there in almost five years. She spend last years of her life in a retirement community. My aunt had no children of her own, but always told me that I was her little princess.
I was told to meet the lawyer t the house to sign some papers. As I drove us the winding road to get to my aunt's house, I never ever remember ever coming to her home. She always visited us during holidays because easier for her to travel to us than my parents packing all of us up. The house was quite old and covered with vines running all over it. The house looked like one out of a gothic novel. The shutter seem to be hanging on by a nail here and a nail there. The vines had taked over the house and the yard, I couldn't belive that they could grow so wildly. They creeped into the house itself and took over every empty space of the house.
I couldn't imagine my aunt living here, this didn't even look like her taste. This house didn't look like the house that my aunt would ever live in. She was such a freespirit, so full of life and this house wasn't.
As I walked around looking how bad this place looked I knew right away that I was going to sell it. There was no reason to keep it; for I had no memory of why my aunt such a dark and cold place.
Then like nothing that ever happen to me before, a vision came to me and voice saying to me,"Once you were like this house. The world had you all wrapped up and your mind was filled with confusion. No one really wanted to be with you even your family. But when the vines of life was choking the very life out of you. I came into you heart and brought light to the place that was dark."
What was this trying to say? Is there time when I look at things from a negative position and never see the good in it? Should I have looked at the situation from what I could do to make it somewhere I could live?
I decide to keep the house for I knew that God looked at me in all my mess and said I was a keeper. From that day on I never look at things from what I would do but how God would look at it.
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Allison Millward
11/28/05
I love the message in your story ...how true. Perhaps re check the grammar before submitting as there seems to be a word missing here and there linking other words. Very good message..I really liked it. Thank you. God Bless.
Denise Stanford
11/29/05
Be encouraged, you drew a beautiful moment, and message onto the page. There are some details you need to attend to and perhaps break the bigger blocks of writing into smaller paragraphs, but you managed to get together a delightful piece in time for submission. Good for you!

Anita Neuman
11/29/05
What a vital message wrapped in a delightful piece. I would suggest putting an extra space in between paragraphs for ease of readability. Great job!
Nina Phillips
11/30/05
I really enjoyed reading your story. Good message involved. Try double spacing between paragraphs and a little editing and it will be good to go. God bless ya, littlelight
Janice Stotz
12/02/05
This was written from your heart, and has a great message. God Bless you. Keep writing.