Give You A Break - Episode 12, HORSE, KICK, DOWN

Welcome to episode 12 of give you a break. The podcast that is here to help you escape the chaos of the day through creative storytelling. I'm your host, Monique Gilmore, Scott award-winning author, and lover of all things created . It is my hope that each time you listen and participate in this creative storytelling exercise, you connect with your creative side. We all have an imagination and imaginative side. We just need to give it a joke. Awaken it by taking a moment and removing ourselves from the busy-ness of being busy and tap, tap, tap into our creative talents . And this episode you will hear from a few listeners who shared their creative masterpiece, which is centered around the three words I gave last week. Horse kick down first a quick. Thank you. Shout out to the listeners who support me by sharing the podcast, providing a review of the podcast and who purchased me a coffee. If you enjoy this podcast and would like to support it, simply go to give you a break.com and click on the donate tab and buy me a coffee or a few coffees. Thanks so much for the support. So I think it's important for everyone to smile or laugh every now and then, because it just relieves our relieves a lot of stress. So here's what I call an opportunity for you to laugh. Your frown off me, Alexa, where's my dad. Alexa, your dad is in a strip club in Las Vegas. Me . Huh? Got you. My dad is sitting right here on the couch with me, Alexa. No , your mother's husband is sitting next to you. Your dad is in a strip club in Las Vegas. I hope you enjoy that. And you had an opportunity to chuckle a little bit. So let's get to our stories. Our first piece comes from Jersey, Joe. And as I always say each week, he's a supporter from day one. So here we go. I always dreamed of having a horse, kicking it around town showing off. Of course the problem is my peers would laugh at me and say, you're not down. And you are riding a horse like bozo. The clown. I say in my mind being called bozo is not that bad of a compliment. Remembering as a child, he was like heaven sent . If being down means doing stupid things and acting the fool, then one cannot discriminate against the government and clown school. One hand washes the other two hands washes the face, but your lips should never how tastes fi fi fo FUM take stock of your daily actions. So you won't be considered a horse's and done. Thank you, Jersey, Joe. I appreciate you always coming through each week. And for those of you who are just tuning in, we have some regular contributors in Jersey . Joe is one of them. Next we will hear from coach Sherry work-life development coach in Charlotte, North Carolina. When we lived in new Orleans, every so often a group of wives and I would go horseback riding on a huge ranch in Mississippi. It was a full day event. We get paired with a horse and be given a map that led to a cabin where a delicious lunch would await us. The trail was through a wooded area, open fields where we often galloped and along a Sandy beach area next to a beautiful Lake. Interestingly enough, we never had a guide nor did we ever get safety gear like helmets. One day a wife had her friend who was visiting from Denver, Colorado, her horse. Didn't prefer her throughout the trail. The horse kicked and bucked . When we got to the sand, the horse got down and started rolling around. Luckily the friend jumped off in time. Needless to say, we never made it up to the cabin that day. Wow. Thanks coach Sherry . I appreciate you always come in through every week. I got so much love from so many people. Thank you so much. I appreciate you. And lastly, your podcast hosts , Monique. Stop horsing around yelled mama as my twin brother and I tumbled down the flight of stairs. Oh my God. My mom cried out as she touched the side of my head, which was bleeding profusely. George, why did you kick her with those cleats on huh? Mom yanked my twin up by the back of his favorite green raggedy. T-shirt good. I thought to myself because I hate that cheese head. T-shirt anyway, we live in Detroit home of the lion fans. What's he doing with the Packers ? T-shirt on. Anyway, this is what got us fighting in the first place. What a dummy who wears a green Packers. T-shirt in Detroit anyway. Well, that's it, ladies and gentlemen, all of our contributors for this week. I want to invite you to tune in every Wednesday at 7:00 PM Eastern time, you can listen to the podcast by visiting, give you a break.com or on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud in any other platform. The words for this week, ready? Midnight curfew aliens. Again, midnight curfew aliens. The rules are, you must hand-write for five minutes straight. You must use all three words in the first paragraph. And number three, do not go back and correct or edit your masterpiece. It's simple. You can do it. You do not have to be a writer. This is something fun. You don't have to, you know, clean it up for me. There's no judgment on my part. Non-judgment here full discloser . I'm all about you. Just tapping in. It could be crazy. It could be whatever you know is explicit. Explicit. I'll have to do a little beeping here and there, but just try it just step away. Five minutes, three words, write for five minutes straight. Use all three words in the first paragraph don't edit and then send your stories over to stories@giveyouabreakdotcomthatstoriesstoriesatgiveyouabreak.com . And if for some reason you can't , hand-write it because you have a physical limitation type it, or if your handwriting is not legible, send me a picture of the handwritten and type it up and send that over to you can follow me on Twitter at creative Moni that's K R E a T I V E M O N I Q U E. Creative Monique. Over at Twitter, you can also visit, give you a break.com. That's give you a break.com the block section to read my latest short story or words of wisdom. I like to probably drop some stories or something once a week or every other week. So make sure you head over there as well. I write that. So wrap for this week, thank you for tuning in. I appreciate your support. And if you could see me now, I'm giving you a curtsy or bow to say thank you so much. And remember plant compassion , reap compassion

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