Word Association

Below you will find five words. Tell us the first thing you think of on reading each one. Your response might be simply another word, or it might be a sentence, a poem or a story.

1. vineyard
We went to one on our first wedding anniversary. It was pretty cool. Learned a lot about how wine is made. I highly recommend it!

2. root
I think of root beer - the carbonated beverage of choice both times I was pregnant.

3. rescue
This ones funny. I think of my dogs. Not how I rescued them, but how they rescued me. We got Stella just 5 months before fibromyalgia nailed my ass. I literally would not have gotten out of bed days at a time if she wasn't there. She was the reason I walked out the door each morning. So she rescued me from what could have turned into a severe depression. Sasha rescued me from pity. She was huge, lumbering and cancer ridden. But when I wanted to complain, she'd give me her sad puppy howl/bark. My sweetheart in fur. And Sophie symbolizes the end of life on the east coast and the start of new. I picked her up the day our old house closed. Probably the worst day of my life - trying to close on a home while a 7 hour drive away - but then I picked her up at midnight at the airport. I was crying because of my day and she let out a whopper belch. I knew that we made the right decision to adopt her! :)

4. perseverance
I think "Just keep chuggin" is easier to spell.

5. divided
Math. And therefore I do not like the word.