Word of the Day #122-#128
Seven words for seven days (Now coming to you as a daily note and a weekly compilation)
Good morning, Substack! Here are your latest seven words in the Word of the Day anthology. Be sure to check out last week's words (you can find them here), or pop on over to my page where you will find all my previous entries. Enjoy!
Word of the Day #122: wrong
Embrace the wrong. For without it, you would not see the right.
I’ve mulled this around more times than I can count. Trying to keep myself in check, to always do “the right thing.” And I’ll be the first (well, probably not the first) to admit it isn’t easy. I fail, A LOT. I say things in anger that I shouldn’t. Perhaps I say too much all the time. My desperate need for understanding tends to push boundaries. I’m the type of person who’s going to ask questions like, “where are you from?” and, “what’s it like there?” And I’m liable to make comments such as, “that accent is unique, tell me more.” I don’t mean anything by it, other than my genuine curiosity about others. I love learning about cultures other than my own (hell, even my own is perplexing in some ways.) So, if all this makes me wrong, perhaps I don’t know how to be right.
Word of the Day #123: reprieve
A free moment amongst the chaos. That rare chance to come down off the adrenaline high and into a slower pace. A true pause in the action you don’t know you need until it’s upon you, the one time you get to take a full breath. Perhaps it’s your first in a very long time. Take it in. Enjoy, nay, treasure every succulent ounce of it. It’s the only one you’ll get for a while. Soon, the tsunami of life will call you to return, and you’ll have no choice but to answer. But, for now, this sliver of a heartbeat is all yours.
Word of the Day #124: Mother
How do I even begin to describe Mom? Truth is, I can’t. She’s beyond words. Even though she’s been gone almost twenty years, there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about her. I miss her. She brought me into this world. She was my first teacher, my first best friend. The one who would dry my tears, pick me up when I fell, hold my hand when I got scared. She taught me so much and I wish she could know (or maybe she does) how grateful I am for her.
So, if you’re a mom, don’t ever convince yourself you don’t matter or that you aren’t good enough. To your children, you are the world, and what you teach them will carry through their entire life (so, no pressure 🤣)
Word of the Day #125: quaint
This word is all about reading in between the lines. For years, I’ve noticed this word used in real estate settings as a nice way of saying “small.” Said with a turned up nose (and dripping with sarcasm), it never ceases to…disappoint. It carries the air of “oh, well, isn't that…cute.” I can see the sneer now.
Word of the Day #126: piercing
That high pitched shriek that echoes through the night. So shrill it cuts through glass like a needle through paper. It shows when you least expect it, rattling cages, sending a chill up your spine. Something is wrong.
Word of the Day #127: naught
Shakespearean for “nothing.” It almost makes you chuckle with the pomp and circumstance around it. Quite a pretentious word, it loves the sound of its own pronunciation (and it's Elizabethan collar).
Word of the Day #128: hushed
Silence befalls
A quiet noise chambered deep within
Echoing
Rippling
Whispers taking hold
Tension rising
Secrets
Rumors
All that utters spreads far and wide
A power in the shrouded cage of darkness
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