Your story, in six words

Posted by Rubyslippers @triciaot, Jun 23 9:29am

Are you familiar with the Six Word Story?
“A six-word story is an entire story told in six words. It is a short narrative that can have all of the emotional themes of longer stories—from funny to dramatic, sad to scary. It can be poetic or straightforward.”

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. Others gave their own spin into the six-word novel - a personal twist to describe a life in exactly six words, sometimes called these Six-Word Memoirs.
https://www.sixwordmemoirs.com/
“While these quick stories don’t have the classic beginning, middle, and end of a traditional storyline, they have a subject and verb that give the reader a sense of what’s happened and a bit of conflict.”
https://lib.pstcc.edu/sixwordstory#:~:text=The%20key%20to%20writing%20your,to%20tell%20a%20whole%20story.&text=In%20just%20six%20little%20words,be%20in%20what's%20left%20unsaid.
6 Word Story Examples
http://www.sixwordstories.net/
Here are a few of my favorites, including living through disease treatment:

Lost myself in my own labyrinth
Taking control of my own boat
Discover manage weep repeat heal survive
Disbelief anxiety fortitude bravery live on
Multitudes stand together at bell ringing
What came of it was life

Do you have a Six Word Story to share?

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@jillmtm

Hi, yes in October. 😊

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We have over 70+ support groups in the forum. If you’d like to share a little more about what’s bringing you to Mayo, I’d love to “connect” you with the right group. No pressure, of course. We’re a great community of members offering support and encouragement to others who may be going through a similar experience.
Did you have a referral or did you initiate the appointment on your own?

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Husband diagnosed with "C". I cried.

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@loribmt

We have over 70+ support groups in the forum. If you’d like to share a little more about what’s bringing you to Mayo, I’d love to “connect” you with the right group. No pressure, of course. We’re a great community of members offering support and encouragement to others who may be going through a similar experience.
Did you have a referral or did you initiate the appointment on your own?

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I had a referral from my PCP and gastroenterologist; I have mesenteric inflammation (sclerosing mesenteritis).

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@colely

At seventy, you can say yes.

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At eighty you really don’t care.

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Anger. Denial. Depression! DEPRESSION!!!!!! Bargaining. ¿Acceptance?

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Hugs for Maggie!
Life's a struggle, sweetheart. Don't give up.

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Six word story: If I might fudge the rules by linking two lines together?

Only tool you have, a hammer.
Every problem is viewed, a nail.

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@jillmtm

I had a referral from my PCP and gastroenterologist; I have mesenteric inflammation (sclerosing mesenteritis).

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Hello @jillmtm,

Here is a link where you can meet others with others who also have sclerosing mesenteritis:
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mesenteric-panniculitis-or-schlerosing-mesentertis-auto-immune-around-small-intestine/

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