When We’ve Survived Childhood

Daily Nourishment Read Time: 30 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 14 minutes


“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.” ― Flannery O'Connor

Pause.

Read “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden

 

Prompt.

  • Read “Those Winter Sundays” aloud twice.

  • Take notes for three minutes. Jot down the words and phrases that captured your attention and anything else that comes to mind.

 

Practice.

Write about a childhood memory for seven minutes.

  • What did you know back then?

  • What do you wish you knew?

  • What do you know now?


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