Post #161 – Women’s Memoirs, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
It’s June — Our Next Memoir Writing Contest Winner celebrating June
Today, we are pleased to publish the second Honorable Mention winner in our June Memoir Writing Contest. We had a wonderful response from our readers who use our contests to share their storytelling skills. Women’s Memoirs offers our congratulations to Kathleen Hewitt for her story, Salty June Nights.
SALTY JUNE NIGHTS
by Kathleen Hewitt
The salty nights found me in my favorite white dress. It fit me just so, reminding me that I still had a girlish waist. My shoulders were bare and strong; covered in freckles of Junes gone by. The soft cotton hem skimmed my fleshy calves and a faint bleachy smell of freshness moved with me.
A certain resiliency woke me each day, bringing a deep healthy lushness to those early summer sunrises. My heart and soul like new grass grew fearlessly while I slept, strong and able. [click to continue…]
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