“Storm windows.”
“Sorry; what?”
“That’s it. That’s what I live behind!”
Matt Burdsall, PhD, moved from his leaning-forward mirrored-glasses scrutinization into a leaning-back mirrored-glasses scrutinization.
“Your glasses made me think of it.”
Dr. Burdsall attempted to keep his expression neutral. This new patient, Holly Runner, was a curious one. First, she’d explained Social Anxiety as, “Party Aversion,” then she’d said her Passive-Aggressive mother had, “Tangled Trauma.” He’d needed his daughter to explain that Tangled was a film…
Now storm windows. *Ahem* “How so?”
“Well!” Holly sounded excited. “Whenever bad things -storms- come up, I block them! Ta-da! Storm windows!”
Written for Carrot Ranch‘s prompt, (you guessed it) storm windows.
©2019 Chelsea Owens
Chel Owens 
Very very clever
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🙂 Thanks!
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Very insight full vignette. Storm windows are better than trap doors I guess, at least she can still see through them…..
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I hadn’t considered that. Some days, I might opt for the trap door.
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Storm windows – especially the aluminum track variety were invented by the devil. Many consider them his best work.
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But, aluminum is the best for cutting your hands up!
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Ta da!
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She’s a very positive mental case.
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I like her outlook! We could be friends!
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😀 You could be friends with anyone.
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Aww, what a cute, demented child.
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😀 Precisely.
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Yes, confusing. But makes perfect sense. 🙂
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I think so.
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Very clever! Seems like the doc needs to go back to school!
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Yes! Or maybe get out into real life!
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To have that confidence to be able to block the personal storms.
Not always possible and takes a good part of a life time to learn.
Screens, we need some screens to filter just what we want 🙂
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Screens are probably healthier than storm windows.
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Not every parent can appreciate creative thinking! But at least her dad has patience.
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He’d have more patients with more understanding… 😉
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Ha, ha! And so would I…! First reading, and I imagined a father/daughter relationship. Second reading after I removed the storm windows…ah, yes, I see dr/patient interaction! 😀
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Ah; I didn’t see that in your first comment. 🙂
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I love storm windows. You see the wreckage outside but you are perfectly safe inside behind the glass..
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I’m partial myself as well. 🙂
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