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When my mom was battling breast cancer close to a decade ago, she was so proud when she celebrated her 60th birthday. Aging didn’t scare her; it felt like a triumphant step in her cancer journey. It’s something I have been thinking about recently as my younger brother nears his graduation: how proud she would be of him, and how proud we as a family are of him.

With pride on my mind, I want to know, what are you proud of? I’d love to know. Please make it a six-word story, a personal short story, with a beginning, middle and end — not six adjectives, not a cliche and not advice. Make us laugh or cry or at the least feel something.



For an example, here is the famous story attributed to, but not proven to be written by, Ernest Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” That’s quite the story! Need more examples? “It can’t be. I’m a virgin,” writes Kate Atkinson.

“Set sail, great storm, all lost,” says John Banville. If you want your story to run in the IJ, please: • Write “Six-word story” in the subject line • Send one six-word story. Just one • Include your full name and Marin town in the body of the email, no attachments • Write your short story in the body of the email, no attachments • Use proper punctuation and spelling • Use sentence style in one line • It should not rhyme • Do not submit six adjectives — that’s not a story Please send to lifestyles@marinij.

com by June 14 and look for it in the June 25 lifestyles section.

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