Reboot, Rejuvenate, Resurrect

FATHER   Remember I am on a quest to become unencumbered in 2026, and help comes from unusual places.   What did you sincerely learn from your father? This was the writing prompt from a book that I have used to learn to be a better writer since April,2025. Each day the instructions following the prompt are “Go. Ten minutes.”   I experienced a moment of panic because I didn’t want to squander any of the ten minutes trying to think of a profound and elaborate story to recount.

Some mornings I wake up and I am not exactly ready to face the world, I know it, but I don’t know why. I have taught myself to take my...