Conquering Hoh
Arman and I moved to Washington State two years ago from Kentucky, but this had been our first excursion out of Seattle. I was the one...
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Finding Your Own Voice in Writing
Swedish MS Center Creative Writing Program
The stories below are written by the Swedish MS Center Writing Class, which began virtually in March 2020. We started with flash fiction (stories of 100 to 1000 words) on the premise that if you learn to write a good paragraph, you can expand it into a good story. With the goal of eventually publishing a book, our writers are continuously writing and improving their memoirs and short stories. Below are a selection of these stories.
The stories and views expressed here are those of each individual author. Authors are encouraged to choose their own topics for each prompt. All opinions, language, or reflections are those of the author and do not represent Swedish Medical Group.
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Well, we finally achieved our goal and published our book in December 2021!
Stories from Our Center: Lives Challenged by MS is officially on sale at Amazon!
All proceeds from the sale of this book support the Swedish MS Center Endowment for Supportive Care Services to help us continue to offer wellness programs like this for anyone living with MS. Thank you for your support!
This group is continuing to write and will welcome new members to a beginner class in March 2022. We will continue to feature some of our stories here each month. If you have any questions about this program, or the MS Center at Swedish, please contact erin.carper@swedish.org
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A Life on Stage
“All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time...
Memory
This would change our lives forever, but at that moment I couldn’t have known how much.
Kayaking
A gentle push, sand scraping the hull, and we are floating free. Free. A few strokes and we are coordinated, pulling smoothly away from...
Damn Phone Bill
I have Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and for me every day can be a challenge. The disease has progressed so badly that I can...
She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
It’s as vivid as yesterday. We were happily headed to downtown Everett when KJR radio announced The Beatles concert sold out so they...
Life (a 100-word story)
Standing in the abandoned storefront doorway, he extracted the crumpled yellowed note from his grubby pocket. With trembling hands, he...
Life (a 500-word story)
He held the time-stained note in his ravaged hand. It was flattened from its terminal incarceration in his pocket. Today he unfolded it...
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