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Highest Rankings for EMPTY NESTER/RETIREMENT

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TOP 40 - “EMPTY NEST/RETIREMENT” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries: 134 )

1 Vows and Venerability by Ann Grover
2 Zero Hour by Catrina Bradley
3 A Distant Sound of Trumpets by Carol Slider
4 It Doesn't Get Much Better by Beth LaBuff
5 A Nester’s Prayer by Charla Diehl
6 Community Retirement Action Plan by Sheri Gordon
7 My Childish Pity-Fest by Rachel Burkum
8 It Doeth Good…Like Medicine by Linda Germain
9 Mama Gets First Dibs on His Room by Mariane Holbrook
10 Freefall by Katie Sherrill
11 Watch Out for the Quiet Ones by Lisa Mikitarian
12 The Place to Be by Deborah Engle
13 Marmaduke, I'll Always Love You! By Mona Purvis
14 Taking a Stern Look at the Loch Ness Monster by Bryan Ridenour
15 A Woman of a Certain Age by Linda Boulanger
16 I Will Not Wear Purple by Emily Gibson
17 Letting Go by Philippa Geaney
18 Mary's Support Group by Kristen Hester
19 What if God Retired? By Frances Judge
20 Capsules and Stars by Debbie Roome
21 It Won't be to Florida by Marty Wellington
22 Making a Difference by Shiloh Andrus
23 Big School by Marilynne Middlekoop
24 Still Running by Jason Elliotson
25 Fanning all the Right Flames by Michele Roach
26 Is There Life After Politics? By Gregory Kane
27 Be Thou Ravished by Marita Thelander
28 A New Purpose by Dalyn Woods
29 Retiring Sam by Sarah Elisabeth
30 Dad's New Hobby by Jan Ackerson
31 Hi Sierra…Bye Sierra by Allen Stark
32 The Precipice by Pamela Kliewer
33 All Alone by Cathy Hall Sharpe
34 Faithfully Addressed by Loren Thomas
35 Just Say NO! by Carole Robishaw
36 Welcome to the Golden Years Sunday School Hour by Mary Lou Tiner
37 Flying Forward by Eileen Knowles
38 The Best Boss of All by Lauren Beck
39 Stepping Stones by Chris Janzen
40 Finding Grace by Lisa Johnson

TOP 15 LEVEL 1 - “EMPTY NEST/RETIREMENT” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level One: 43 )

1 Freefall by Katie Sherrill
2 Letting Go by Philippa Geaney
3 Making a Difference by Shiloh Andrus
4 Big School by Marilynne Middlekoop
5 A New Purpose by Dalyn Woods
6 Retiring Sam by Sarah Elisabeth
7 The Best Boss of All by Lauren Beck
8 Ahead of His Time by Noel Mitaxa
9 Azubah's Mountain by Karie McCaffity
10 Retiring to…? By Andrew Meiser
11 To Lose is to Gain by Nicole Van Der Merwe
12 A Wife's Eye View by Ruth Brown
13 A Purpose for Every Season by Lisa Taylor
14 What to Do? By John Prescott
15 Miriam's Knees by Mary Dreisbach

TOP 8 LEVEL 2 - “EMPTY NEST/RETIREMENT” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level Two: 18 )
Top 8 only due to low number of entries for this Level.

1 Still Running by Jason Elliotson
2 Stepping Stones by Chris Janzen
3 A Chicky Situation by Dee Brown
4 God's Whisperings by Karen Pourbabaee
5 This is Fun by Mary McLeary
6 Sweet and Sour by Graham Starling
7 Becoming a New Empty Nester by Shilo Goodson
8 Nothing to Do by Jackie Wilson

TOP 15 LEVEL 3 - “EMPTY NEST/RETIREMENT” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level Three: 41 )

1 Marmaduke, I'll Always Love You! By Mona Purvis
2 A Woman of a Certain Age by Linda Boulanger
3 What if God Retired? By Frances Judge
4 Hi Sierra…Bye Sierra by Allen Stark
5 The Precipice by Pamela Kliewer
6 All Alone by Cathy Hall Sharpe
7 Just Say NO! by Carole Robishaw
8 Welcome to the Golden Years Sunday School Hour by Mary Lou Tiner
9 Flying Forward by Eileen Knowles
10 Finding Grace by Lisa Johnson
11 Feathers by Rachel Phelps
12 Freedom…? By Anita Vander Elst
13 The Last Adventure by Mick Dawson
14 An Acclaimed Adventure by Donna Butler
15 Life After Training Wheels by Dan Blankenship

TOP 15 LEVEL 4 - “EMPTY NEST/RETIREMENT” CHALLENGE
(Total number of Entries for Level Four: 32 )

1 Vows and Venerability by Ann Grover
2 Zero Hour by Catrina Bradley
3 A Distant Sound of Trumpets by Carol Slider
4 It Doesn't Get Much Better by Beth LaBuff
5 A Nester’s Prayer by Charla Diehl
6 Community Retirement Action Plan by Sheri Gordon
7 My Childish Pity-Fest by Rachel Burkum
8 It Doeth Good…Like Medicine by Linda Germain
9 Mama Gets First Dibs on His Room by Mariane Holbrook
10 Watch Out for the Quiet Ones by Lisa Mikitarian
11 The Place to Be by Deborah Engle
12 Taking a Stern Look at the Loch Ness Monster by Bryan Ridenour
13 I Will Not Wear Purple by Emily Gibson
14 Mary's Support Group by Kristen Hester
15 Capsules and Stars by Debbie Roome
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Post by beff »

Congrats to all the writers on this list...

and special congrats to Lisa Mikitarian (and Tilman and Louise).... so close....11th place...
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Double-drat!

Oh, well--that the way the story rates!

Congrats to all of you.
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Post by Sarah Elisabeth »

I must admit I was a bit disappointed when I didn't place in the top five, until I read the winning entries :) . They were great! And I was excited to be in the top 40 for the first time!

My family's praise and all the wonderful yellow boxes make me a winner every week :thankssign
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Post by Granny's Pen »

Once again, there were some fun reads this week. I liked my entry, but didn't really expect to see my name here. What a surprise.

Congratulations to all who placed, and to all who entered!
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Congratulations to all the winners; what a great week of stories. :D
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Post by violin4jesus »

Guess the "evil" perspective kicked me off the list this time around....oh well. :roll:

Congrats to everyone who made the lists!

We get a break, then roll on....any guesses for the next topic set?
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Congrats to everyone. I will gladly take my rightful place at 201st.
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Post by itsjoanne »

The last woowoos of the quarter ;)

WOOWOO to LLLIIISSSSAAAAAAAA! (and Tilman and Louise hehe) DDDEBBBBOORRaAHHH!! MMMMOOONNAA!! BBRRYYYAANNN!!!KKKRRRIISSTTENNN!! DDDEEBbbIIIEEE!! MMMMARRTTYYY!! CCCCHHEELLYYYY!!! GGGRREEGGOORRYYYY!!! MMMAARRRIIIII!!! SSSAAARRRAAAHHHH JJJJAAANNNN!!! PPPPAAMMMM!! LLLOORRRENNN!! CCCAARROOLLLEEE!! NNNOOOEEEELLLL!!! RRRAACCChhheELLL!!! MMMIICCCVKKKKK!! DDDDDAAAANNNNN!!!

Great job, folks!
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Congratulations to all!

And, thanks Joanne for your encouragement. What a blessing you always are to so many here. :mrgreen:
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write43in1 wrote:Congratulations to all!

And, thanks Joanne for your encouragement. What a blessing you always are to so many here. :mrgreen:
I completely agree. Thanks, Joanne:)
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Congrats to everyone! :)
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