RANDOM WORD DRABBLE | FICTION SHORTS #219

Enchanted Forest Wedding

Dreams really can come true — even with a little rain

Karen Hoffman
Fiction Shorts
Published in
2 min readAug 6, 2024

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Today’s Daily Word: TOAST

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Clean-up crews arrived within an hour of the desperate calls from the bride-to-be. Arielle was hysterical about her wedding day being sabotaged by last night’s storm.

Hours earlier, Arielle and Simon raised champagne flutes to toast their wedding the next day. The magic of their enchanted forest wedding wasn’t going to be undermined by a little water.

“The forest floor is damp with last night’s rain,” Simon announced, stepping out of their cabin.
That was an understatement.
There were puddles everywhere.

Arielle went into her illustrious problem-solving mode.
Problem solved!
And they lived happily ever after.

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Karen Hoffman
Fiction Shorts

I focus on Words that Matter®- like gratitude, compassion, kindness. Life experiences & nature inspire me. Writer; CEO Living on Purpose; Morning Altars Teacher