Here’s another six sentence story, trying to get creative with them. If you haven’t read my previous ones they are The Triumphal Entry and Acceptance and Murder.

“Gimme that!”

“Stop it!”

“No, You stop it!’

“You better stop doing that or I’m gonna tell on you and Momma’s gonna catch you and then she’s gonna be mad and if she whoops you and someone tells on her and she gets in trouble then they’ll take her away just like they did to Rosie’s mom and then they’ll make us go live with aunty or grammy on the other side of town or maybe they’ll make us go live with some family we don’t know like Chris had to but either way they’ll take us away from our school and our friends and we won’t know anyone and we won’t have anyone to talk to except maybe each other, but if you don’t stop it, I’m not going to talk to you when that happens, and then will be all alone.”

“Whatever, you stop it!”

“Mom!”

(Further thoughts on the blog)

Thoughts on this piece: I’m not sure that this ends well, it seems like it should end on a more serious note, but that is what I intended. Obviously these are two kids, siblings, in a typical childish fight over something. Children both understand the gravity of the situations in their lives, as revealed by the long sentence of what will happen, but at the same time they don’t understand, nor can they find a perfect solution, so the same child calls for his/her mother anyways, in spite of what they believe will happen.
I thought the title was appropriate in this double meaning, it’s intended to be directed to you: No, You stop it. Whether you feel a call to stop the abusive parent, the unstable foster care system, the need for supportive family relationships and honesty about our struggles, they challenge is directed toward you.

photo credit: *clairity*