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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Minute(s) (as in time) (03/03/11)
It was supposed to be a quiet night. Celeste put her newborn baby, Joey, in the crib and then turned in early. Her husband worked overnight and would not be home until seven in the morning. At about 11:45, while in a deep sleep, she awoke to a loud rumbling noise that sounded like a freight train. A few seconds later the siren across the street sounded.

She knew she only had minutes to get to safety, rushed to get Joey out of his crib and ran downstairs to the basement. The house started to shake; hearing the noise, Joey started to cry. Celeste hugged him, hoping to calm him down.

A few minutes later, the sound went away; it was just as quiet as if nothing had happened. You could hear birds singing outside.

Wanting to be safe, she decided to wait at least ten minutes before she would venture upstairs. When Celeste walked through the door, to her amazement, nothing had been touched; everything was in place just as it was before she went downstairs.

She then walked outside and saw the devastation. It looked like a bomb went off in her neighborhood. Celeste then got down on her knees and praised God that he saved her life and her home.

Celeste only had minutes to get downstairs. She and her husband owned this house for twenty-eight years and in minutes she could have died and the house could have been destroyed. On September 11, 2001 it only took minutes to change our country forever. In a few minutes many people died that day. There will be a day where we will have only minutes to live before Jesus takes us home. We need to remember that life can change in only minutes.
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D.A. Urnosky
03/11/11
I enjoyed your story's conclustion. Nicely done.
Nancy Bucca
03/11/11
Short, sweet and poignant. Excellent message powerfully told in few words. Enjoyed this.
Karlene Jacobsen 
03/13/11
I've heard stories like this where the twister hits all around and leaves the one house/building alone. One question, though. How old is Celeste and her husband? In the beginning the baby is there newborn, in the end they've owned the home for 28-years. Married at 20, they would be around 48 years old. Other than that, this gives food to chew on for your reader. :) Nicely done.
diana kay
03/13/11
lovely. i liked this story and the expansion into other events in the concluding paragraphs.