Certainty in Ten Flavors

Daily writing prompt

List 10 things you know to be absolutely certain.

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1. You can always recoup what you’ve lost unless somebody has died.
2. A car that starts every day, every time is a major blessing, just ask someone who’s called for a jump on a funky street late at night.
3. A jar of really good peaches is a gift from God.
4. A garden hose is the best toy for 90% of kids in the summertime.
5. Consistency of effort is overrated but still an important goal especially when it comes to plants and family.
6. Writers write but they don’t always share what they’ve written even if they’ve had a blog for fourteen years.
7. The last person to show up to a problem usually doesn’t have all the answers because other people have already come up with all the answers and the problem still isn’t solved.
8. When you get significantly old (say 76), you will often be astonished at the condition of your body but then you will shrug and think this is what happens now, I had my time being beautiful.
9. You have to deadhead your petunias and cut them back otherwise they look pitiful and embarrassing.
10. Popcorn made in a pot on the stove is 100 times better than anything you can microwave or buy in a bag in a store, and this comes from someone who ate an entire bag of Skinny Pop driving through North Dakota.

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