It’s your challenge time! For this week’s five-word challenge, can you tell a story in five words, using the word Date in it somewhere?
Last week, your story needed to contain the word Broken. You sent in some fantastic stories. Here they are:
So tired of being broken!
Ritu:
My iPad is broken. Help!
Don’t break hearts. Mend them.
She left… I feel broken.
Broken trust is never mended.
Favourite toy broken. Dear God!
Broken hearted, she cried today.
Don’t use it, it’s broken.
We’re stranded, all communication broken.
Her broken spirit never healed.
Broken down but not defeated.
If it’s broken, fix it.
Nope -the dog wasn’t housebroken.
There she lay, Oreos broken.
Heartbroken? Yes; specifically, left ventricle.
Broken, she screamed and cried.
The broken statuette was evidence.
My heart was broken again.
Dogs escape through broken fences.
Mending broken hearts is impossible.
I’m broken and done today.
Paul Mastaglio:
Broken heart. Such sweet sorrow.
It isn’t broken. Don’t fix.
The car’s broken down. Again! S
My brokenness was killing me.
Wet glass, broken glass – oops!
I’ve broken my tooth – ouch!
Speaking broken Italian, she stuttered.
Sibling relationship broken by distance.
Meditation mends broken bones faster.
Broken slab. Aslan arises unbound.
Broken toys equal crying kids.
Broken toys equal frustrated moms.
Broken toys, need new ones.
I’m broken after that confession.
The broken mirror is disastrous.
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Esther Chilton 
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