Succinctly Yours #193: Dangling…or Marry-onette

Thank you to Grandma’s Goulash for hosting Succinctly Yours! The idea of this meme is to use the photo as inspiration to simmer a story down to 140 words or 140 characters. The bonus word this week was “hesitate.”

Glenda didn’t hesitate to carry as her bouquet the broom switch she used to keep Enrique in line. 80

Enrique didn’t hesitate to become entangled with Glenda and snag her as his bride. They both felt compelled by something from above. 111

During the elimination challenge of “Top Chef,” Glenda, knowing her position hung by a thread, didn’t hesitate to use broom straw as her secret ingredient. She won. 138

I met an old lady once, almost one hundred years old, and she told me, “There are only two questions that human beings have ever fought over, all through history. How much do you love me? And Who’s in charge?” Everything else is somehow manageable. But these two questions of love and control undo us all, trip us up and cause war, grief and suffering. ~Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert