It was all over in just a moment

Over the last week, 5 bloggers and 5 photographers took over the internet with 5 stories for Just A Moment.

Here is the lineup with some of my favourite excerpts.

Day 1: Words by Peter/Image by Jen

The door opens.

It’s him.

Him.

Messy hair. Unshaven.

He looks even more handsome than he did a month earlier.

The day she broke his heart. More…

Day 2: Words by me/ Image by Rachel

I want to know that on my death bed there will be a soul that will miss me. A soul that could confirm I had indeed existed. Without him, I will be a red lipstick imprint smudged on the rim of a cracked tea cup. More…

Day 3: Words by Joy/Image by Lauren

I lacked stabilization; felt as though I was going to break apart at any minute.

Like if I didn’t spend every moment of the day concentrating on keeping it together, my heart was going to explode out of my chest and flop around on the floor like a fish until it finally stopped from sheer exhaustion and pain.

Because that’s what happens when you’re ruined. More…

Day 4: Words by Tia/Image by Ashley Forrette

When the strongest person you know says those words, you don’t ask questions. You come home. You leave the city that never sleeps for the village of vicarious living. You blow in like a bad storm on a codependent night, full of airplane vodka and regret. More…

Day 5: Words by Ben/Image by Ashley

Their walks would always be leisurely and always pass through the nearby fields. He would always grab her. She would always squeal. They would always fall. Planned spontaneity? Perhaps but he considered it their own daily dance for the dandelions in the fields that never gave rise to roses. More…

If you haven’t already, go get yourself some tea, hunker down and prepare to be blow away.