Graciegreen

Congrats to the winner of this week's FFF, Graciegreen!

Graciegreen is grandmother of 10 under 10 (wow!.) She says:  "My life as a retired educator is an adventure! I have been a oneminutewriter for years because a minute is so manageable!" You can check out her blog at fromtheoldfrontporch.blogspot.com.

I appreciate her ability to really grasp the suddenness of timeless events. Major catastrophes, such as the bombing of Pearl Harbor, never happen in a vacuum, they happen in the middle of people's lives. What would that be like? The one-minute piece shows that off in a intensely opaque way. It's beautiful. Great job, Graciegreen!

Here's her entry:

Lining a drawer in an antique dresser a fragile, yellowed paper caught my eye. The names of several of my husband's relatives were printed boldly in an old fashioned typeface. Martha was at home in Isabella. She was visited by many friends and neighbors to celebrate her housewarming. Fancy food was served and useful gifts received. I turned the tissue thin paper over and read the lurid headline of the day. JAPANESE BOMB PEARL HARBOR! I wonder what my young mother-in-law felt on this day that would live on in infamy...