What’s in a Name?

Chel Owens

Mimi’s mum named her something, “fun, cheery; a bit totty.” To say Mimi’s actual personality fell short of that was a wee understatement. Had she been allowed an opinion, Mimi would’ve chosen a sensible moniker like Mildred.

“Mildred? Whoever’d want to be Mildred unless she thought to run a convent?” Mum would’ve said, had she still been around and not jumped before the pilot gave the all-clear at the Seniors’ Skydiving Surprise.

The Surprise was how little liability the company claimed.

What had gone through Mum’s head before passing, Mimi wondered, apart from that church spire? She’d never know.

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©2020 Chelsea Owens

Don’t ask where this came from, in response to Carrot Ranch‘s prompt this week:

May 14, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that answers the question, “What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you are in absolute danger?” Go where the prompt leads!

Respond by May 19, 2020. Use the comment section …to share, read, and be social. You may leave a link, pingback, or story in the comments. If you want to be published in the weekly collection, please use the form.  Rules & Guidelines.

 

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50 thoughts on “What’s in a Name?”

  2. If she’d press her legs together, move her left arm forward and her right further behind her, she’d roll onto he stomach. Then she have to act quickly by spreading he arms and legs out to flatten out her free fall.

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  16. Oh, no — you made me snort-laugh! The church spire! A deliciously humorous flash that dangerously walks on the dark side. I love the fun in this one from the names to the edgy story about mum’s last jump.

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  19. Every day is a risk with a writer’s imagination! Doesn’t matter where it came from – Perhaps though Mimi will change her name. We have a relative whose first name was very common – legally changed to their middle name because that’s what was wanted.

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