Day 7 of the 2026 A to Z Challenge Blog for the letter F

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Good morning. I will admit I was more functional about twenty minutes ago before the Internet glitched and I lost the post for today that I’d just completed. There’s functional and then there’s barely capable to make the right choice.

But either way, I’m up, I exercised, I read my email, the world news, got cleaned up, made coffee, and now I’m attempting to recreate the blog I’d already written but lost. Sounds about right.

Today’s letter is F. Other than functional, F stands for things like friends, family, food, and freedom. Let’s start with Family. I have five grandchildren, four here and one in Norway. We were able to see the four here at Easter and FaceTime with the one in Norway. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Where have the years gone?

2010
2018
2026

Food is something else that starts with F. Not just stuff you eat, but the stuff that feeds your soul. Seeing those guys or talking o them online feeds my soul and reminds me of how lucky I am.

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.

Finally, the last F word I want to use (and that was deliberate) is FREEDOM. I’m so grateful to live in a country where I have the freedome to be myself, to choose my friends, my health care, to make my own finacial decisions, and know that if I ever need help I have friends and family who love me, and that is the best freedom of all since it lets me be there for them and them for me.

This is a day early because Facebook and WordPress hate me today!

Published by Susanne Matthews

Hi! I live in Eastern Ontario. I'm married with three adult children and five wonderful grandchildren. I prefer warm weather, and sunshine but winter gives me time to write. If I’m listening to music, it will be something from the 1960s or 1970s. I enjoy action movies, romantic comedies, but I draw the line at slasher flicks and horror. I love science fiction and fantasy as well. I love to read; I immerse myself in the text and, as my husband says, the house could fall down around me, and I’d never notice. My preferences are as varied as there are genres, but nothing really beats a good romance, especially one that is filled with suspense. I love historical romance too, and have read quite a few of those. If I’m watching television, you can count on it being a suspense — I’m not a fan of reality TV, sit-coms, or game shows. Writing gives me the most pleasure. I love creating characters that become real and undergo all kinds of adventures. It never ceases to amaze me how each character can take on its own unique personality; sometimes, they grow very different from the way I pictured them! Inspiration comes from all around me; imagination has no bounds. If I can think it, imagine it, I can write it!

6 thoughts on “Day 7 of the 2026 A to Z Challenge Blog for the letter F”

  2. I’ve had that happen before, where everything gets lost on the computer and it’s so frustrating!! I must admit, I’m not a big family girl simply because I live in Portugal and all my extended family is in the UK so we rarely see each other. Apart from my dad, who lives fairly locally. I miss my brother and his kids a huge amount, but we talk often and he plays Playstation online with my husband about 3 nights a week lol!

    Suzy xx

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