Introduction

Today I was given the words:

PARTAKE – join in
SHRINK – become or make smaller in size or amount.
COLONY – a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure.

I am excited to create a post using those words. The post can be either fiction or nonfiction, whichever sparks my imagination. I am encouraged to be creative with these words!

Red Ants

My family has a favorite beach in South Carolina. Folly Beach has a lighthouse that can be seen from one end of the barrier island. One time, we drove to see the lighthouse. As we were getting out of the car, I was bitten by a red ant. There was a colony of them. Have you ever been bitten by red ants? It’s painful and itchy. I was hoping no more red ants would partake in biting me. Luckily I only think the one or two did before we begin our journey to see the lighthouse. We have to walk from where we parked to about a half mile to a mile away to see the lighthouse. The boys were young at that point, so it was truly difficult plus my injured foot made it an absolutely terrible experience.
After seeing the lighthouse, we were going to see the Angel Oak on another island. It is quite a journey to get there. Ok it’s only a half an hour drive but with an injured foot, it seemed much longer. As we drove, I looked for somewhere for us to stop so I could get some medicine. I needed the injured area to shrink and not get any bigger. Finally we stopped at a Piggly Wiggly. Medication was bought. The injury healed eventually. Probably in a few days if not within a day. The memory serves as a reminder to stay away from colonies of red ants because you don’t want them to partake in biting you.