I had barely stepped out of the church when I felt the first drop on my head. I looked up. The rain has started to fall earlier than expected. The work for the day was still going to have to be done. This was not the best time to be riding Buck, the one horse that hated with a passion being out in the rain, but there was no other choice. The feed must get scatter regardless.

Steven grabs my hand, shakes it, and tips his hat with his free hand. "Good luck today, ol' boy." He laughs and walks off.

Sally walks up to my side and grabs my arm. She lift's an umbrella over our heads. With the children close behind, we walk to the car and pile in.

Sally turns on the radio. Attention shoppers! The best deals you have ever heard of ar... I turn off the radio. The rain drops get larger as we drive down the road.
"Dad, I'm hungry," Jr. says.

"All that I have at the moment," I reach under my seat and grab the first can I feel, "are some beans. This will hold you over.

"Some people can eat beans with abandon and never suffer side effects. That is not me. The magical fruit makes me toot. Do you want to be in a car with me? What else do you have."

Sally reaches into her purse and finds some beef jerky. "This will tie you over until we get home."

I am thinking about the work that has yet to be done. Without the money to hire a few hands, it will take a couple weeks longer. If only Sally would stop giving to the collection plate. I see what the pastor is doing with it. He pretends he is fixing up the church real nice, but when observed closely, you can see the cheap material he purchased. What was he doing with the rest of the cash?

I recalled what the pastor had said up on the stand, "Remember that not all is sweet is the best thing for you. A little bit of life must be sacrificed to God. You are his children. Give to the collection plate. Be right with God and he will ensure you have the sweet things that are best for you."

I could hardly stay awake while listening to that man speak. Sally was always wide-eyed. She loves his tone of voice, his passion for telling stories.

"It would be best if you didn't give to the church. We need the cash to fix the farm."

"The Lord will take care of us because we are willing to make sacrifices," Sally says.

The boy chimes in, "Dad, you wouldn't want us to go to hell, would you?"

"You're not going to go to hell for not giving to that man," I say.

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My Completed Freewriting prompts:

1. Dude
2. Bittersweet
3. Basket
4. Housecoat
5. Nail
6. Faster Than Light
7. Cane (Bonus: Red Wine)
8. A Ridiculous Amount of Fun
9. Mosquito
10. Bamboo
11. Hook
12. Sweater
13. The Entryway
14. Trolley
15. Flea
16. Awakening
17. Her Homemade Jams
18. Party
19. Important
20. Parasol
21. Back Pain
22. Late
23. Medium
24. Mother
25. Banana
26. Paper
27. Milk
28. Tree
29. Swing
30. Bored Stiff
31. 5
32. Home Alone and Doctor’s Office
33. Monkey’s Wedding
34. Wire
35. Appetite
36. Travel
37. A Kiss
38. Mice
39. Detective
40. Homeless
41. Eyebrows
42. 40 Percent Off
43. One Year
44. Frosting a Cake
45. Bones
46. Clouds
47. Scratch
48. Wet
49. Cherry
50. Depression
51. Camping
52. Caterpillar
53. Quadrillion
54. Describe the Room You Are In
55. Dew
56. Miami
57. Skinny
58. Lizard Cave
59. Mold
60. Herbs
61. Phone
62. Wood
63. Prototype
64. Discord
65. A Jumble of Words
66. Suffers in Silence
67. Bath
68. Core Values
69. Players
70. Talking Dog
71. Grand Piano
72. Syrup

Weekend Free Write:

1. The Picture
2. The Crooked Umbrella
3. The Chair That I’m Strapped To
4. The Stall - Part 1
5. The Stall - Part 2
6. A Common Ending
7. The Stall – Part 9
8. Withdrawal
9. Richard’s Surprise
10. The Trap