The prompts this week were from snippets of songs our leader had heard in half-sleep at two in the morning while recovering from knee surgery (they were eclectic!). The prompt for my attempt was, “The enemy of fear is love.”

     So many things to fear – getting on an airplane for the first time, renting a car, following directions through a strange city, then out into a strange countryside. She lived on a farm. She’d emailed him photos – selfies with a cow, a llama. He’d never been around animals before. And did he bring the right clothes? What to wear to help with chores yet impress this strange, beautiful woman? But if it worked out, if she felt for him what he’d grown to feel for her, it was worth it.