When one word inspired a story

Back in the days of my first years driving, I lived on the farm. My step sister and I drove a car into town eight miles to go to 9^th grade. Oh, we thought we were hot stuff, driving in 9^th grade. We had a school permit, and were only supposed to drive to school. And home. 

Nothing else. 

No where else.

Well, like that happened! 

We bombed Fourth, I know we did. That’s just WHAT YOU DID on Friday night!

I remember one day after school, we were all of a sudden sweating it. We had gone to Dairy Queen. We were parked right there by the building and a semi truck, probably filled with Dairy treats turned the corner sharply and hit the back fender of Herman, our parked car. 

And, we were in it! 

Oh, now we knew we were going to be in some kind of trouble.

It must not have been too bad,

I don’t remember it. 

Herman, however, got a great big dent.

We also thought it was cool because we didn’t have to fill up Herman’s tank of gas in town. Since we lived on a farm my dad had a huge gas tank and beside it a tank for diesel for his tractors.

We’d just drive up in the worn gravel drive way in front of that gas tank and pull down the lever and fill that tank up, not thinking for one minute how much money our dad must have paid to fill it every so often.

We just helped ourselves because we were told to, and because we could.

I wish I could have that liberty today. To just drive up to a big tank of gas that I didn’t pay for and fill my tank with gas.

I do have the liberty of choosing what to fill my day with, my life with.

Here’s to filling it with things that give life.

And to remembering stories triggered by just one word.

Happy weekend friends!

~Anne

Linking up today with the lovely Kate Motaung, who has just had the Five Minute Friday baton passed to her from the one who began it four years ago, Lisa Jo Baker. Five Minute Friday is a time where people who love words gather and each write for five minutes straight on a single word prompt. No edits or perfection necessary. This week's prompt is "fill".