Rachel DeSot ☕️📖

#Writer/MG & YA fantasy with a sprinkle of eerie. Happy wife. Dream: live in a forest where magical creatures lurk and dragons fly overhead.

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

“I’ve never met such an #obstreperous, #myopic frog!” said Winona, stirring her potion. “Hop in there!”
Frogweena’s eyes bulged at the popping bubbles in the cauldron. Winona threw a fly towards the mixture as incentive, but Frogweena caught it with her darting tongue. #vss365

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@YesIActAndWrite Wisdom.

[Damon DiMarco @YesIActAndWrite]

When the insides are rotten what chance has the outside of standing tall and strong?

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@LoveHealthEd I needed this inspiration today. ❤️

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

The little witch was forbidden to play with humans, but she desperately wanted to trick-or-treat with her friends. Branches grabbed at her, and a powerful #headwind shoved her broom. Her mom’s thwarting spell at work! But it only gave her determination more #momentum! #vss365

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@BithiPaulAuthor Thank you, Bithi!

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

Abby pulled the hairy mask over her head. “Aaarrgh,” she roared. Senna, brushing her long silky hair, rolled her eyes at her little sister. “You need to get over your aversion to blood, Abby. #Conquer your fear.”
“It’s not that. I’d rather be a werewolf than a vampire!”
#vss365

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@BithiPaulAuthor Beautiful. ❤️

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@derickijohnson 😄

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@nreillyjohnson Oh, so true. I’d give anything to have them back. 💔

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

I’m swimming upstream,
In my head, a constant scream.
I’m paddling against the tide,
But I’m getting good at the hide.
On my face, an #unabashed smile,
Inside, tears streaming all the while.
#vss365

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

As long as my parents were alive, I always knew there was someone in the world that loved me. Now, at 60 years old, I feel like an orphan. But for 6 decades I had the blessing of their love, their friendship, their protection, their presence. Now, I have 2 guardian angels. ❤️💔

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@nreillyjohnson Aaaaggghhh! 😱

[Dr Natalie Reilly-Johnson @nreillyjohnson]

I smile. The dentist steps back, admiring his work.
“Perfect,” he says. “May I add you to my gallery?”
I assume he’s getting his camera, but instead he grabs a knife. “Dentistry is art,” he says.
My #nightmare begins when I realise those teeth on display are real. #vss365 #vsspic

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@CjdHerts Irish Gran is much nicer than I would be! 😆

[ Carrie - taking a break  @CjdHerts]

ALMOST
A few weeks later Irish Gran decided to invite Mrs Joyless over for afternoon tea; a quiet cuppa and homemade cake without her noisy sisters.

This time Joy said she’d like to but not that day. Gran hoped this could be the #beginning of a neighbourly friendship #vss365

[Ryan Fiennes @Ryan_Fiennes]

#vss365

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@CjdHerts Mrs Joyless would have ruined the party anyway!

[ Carrie - taking a break  @CjdHerts]

TRYING
Irish Gran was told by a neighbour that Mrs Joyless had complained about the #noise Gran’s sisters made when they visited.

Gran waited awhile then went to see Mrs Joyless to invite her the next time the sisters arrived. Mrs Joyless declined as she shut the door #vss365

[Rachel DeSot ☕️📖 @RDiana6]

@auntie_social Beautiful, Vicie.

[Vicie Ree @auntie_social]

#vss365
Personal Forecast

In the grump, the grumble—
the quirks I mistook for charm—
the stumble, the fall,
in gathering clouds,
the drizzle, then rain,
silenced storm warnings,
the flood of tears.
In the roiling thunder—
in the quiet sorrow
of letting go,
there is #joy.
Joy in the silver lining,
sliver of dawn—
joy in the aftermath
of us.