Alice cringed as the black cat walked in front of her. She paused before entering the convenience store and sighed.
I don’t need any more bad luck.
A piece of paper on the sidewalk caught her eye. She gave it to the store clerk.
“Congratulations, ma’am, you’ve won the Powerball.”
© Copyright 2019—Present, Jenise Cook, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
First Published: 14 September 2019, The Friday Fix (on Medium.com)
Image Credit: Eduardo Mallmann on Upsplash.com
The Story Behind this Story
It almost didn’t happen. Why?
I started working on a new client project the week of the deadline. (See my business site, www.RidgeViewMedia.com) In addition, I volunteer at our local public library, and had a deadline to create a Spanish-language orientation tour.
Although I had written this story the previous week to be published the following week, the submission deadline snuck up on me. As I was making a late dinner, staring at the clock to calculate three hours ahead of local time, I panicked.
Justin Deming, the ever-faithful Founder and Publisher of the former Medium publication The Friday Fix (RIP), lives three USA time zones east of me currently. At 6: 45 p.m. my time, I begged the microwave oven to heat up my husband’s plate faster than normal while I grabbed my MacBook Pro and fumbled to surf to my Medium account. Darling husband was famished. I was panicked. Would I miss the deadline? I didn’t want Justin to have to check for submissions at midnight or at dawn the next morning. He’s a husband, a father, and a teacher. He needs his sleep.
Around 5:30 a.m. his time, Justin published my story. I felt relieved and sad at the same time. Why? I usually submit my stories on Wednesdays, to give him time to review and reply, if needed. I was happy to see my story online and I felt sad Justin published it in the wee hours of his morning.
Justin took it all in stride.
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