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Chapter 31 – Spring Time – Conclusion
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Tina: That sounds good. Do you want to wear a bridal gown?
Bette: I will if you want me to. But I just assume wear just whatever I would wear to a lunch at the beach. I could wear a bikini?
Tina: Well, that would look great in the pictures. And everyone will certainly be caught off guard.
Bette: I’m kidding. We’ll figure out what we will wear later. But I am going to assume it will not be a formal bridal gown.
Tina: Yes, that’s a definite. No bridal gown. That still leaves us with a wide range of possibilities.
Bette: Let’s go shopping for our rings next week. It’s a new life for us. I want a new set of rings for both of us.
Tina: Okay, that sounds good. Let’s get two sets of rings. One for public wear and one for those times when we are doing home chores like gardening or housekeeping.
Bette: So, you are thinking about something with a lot of stones for dressy and maybe just a plain band when you are work in the garden?
Tina: Yes… I always want to wear your ring, but I do not want to mess up my fine jewelry.
Bette: That’s fine with me. We could use our old bands as the garden wedding band. I have mine. Do you have yours?
Tina: Yes, I do. Let’s think about that. Would you be terribly disappointed if I said, let’s just get new rings?
Bette: No, I’m fine with that. We had a great life wearing those rings but there are some bad memories attached to them as well. This is our new life and new rings will be what we will do.
They continued to unpack and organize their things. They sent Angie and Shane a message that said they were home. They would order takeout – Thai food for the evening. They invited Shane to come for dinner as well. They then went out to look at the new garage. Bette and Tina were really pleased with how well it looked and how convenient it was to the backyard and to the house. They loved the gate. Tina made plans to put some shrubs around the new construction so that it would look more blended in. Bette arranged to wire the contractor the final payment of $15,000. They both were very happy. The contractor said it was ready for use.
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Hey Martha,
Was catching up after my trip only to find that this is already the end of the story.
It was a pleasure to read it and i want to sincerely thank you for this Tibette story.
Bibi,
As you may have guessed, I write my entire story before I publish the first chapter. The reason is that I want to be sure that the story is complete and that it accomplishes what I have in mind. My hope is that the reader sees the story as I intended. I am not a perfect storyteller. I certainly do not have the flourish of descriptive details and symbolism which many seem to enjoy. I also hope that the reader understands who my characters are and why the behave as they do. If I accomplish that, then I consider it a success. And of course, I hope that in reading my stories, that you are entertained and have some escape from the day-to-day life we all have to deal with.
My thanks to you for reading and commenting. It really helps that someone is seeing this work and actually enjoying it.
My best wishes to you and hope you continue to find stories which you enjoy.
Martha3128
Hey Martha, every writer has their own way of telling a story. You did a great job. I understand your characters and why they behave the way to do, doesn’t mean i questioned some things. I enjoyed reading it and am very happy you wrote and shared it with us. It’s sad that there are not many readers who comment, maybe shy, not enough time? I wish you all the best too!
Hey Martha,
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your story. I love how you tell everyone’s story within the story, their thoughts, the laughter and the tears. I enjoyed hearing about Angie’s school life, her friends and her home life with her Mums.
There were some difficult areas for you to write… Tina’s therapy sessions, her talk with Carrie and the worry of Bette not being able to take her back. But you wrote it all beautifully.
I am disappointed it has ended. I was looking to reading more in-depth about the Yellowstone trip, the wedding, their new careers with The Peabody Foundation and their house hunting.
I know you recapped about all of this but I wish you were continuing with this story!
Thank you ….. I shall miss reading this story!
Janice 24,
I wrote this story many years ago for the purpose of trying to make the link from the divorce to a happy reunion. I also wanted to write about what effect the divorce would be on Angie. Gen Q with their “no effect” on Angie’s relationship with Tina, just did not seem real to me. The first season where Angie and Bette seem to be close and bonded seem true. But the conversation between Tina and Angie where Tina is explaining why she and Bette were divorced seemed ill timed at best and only hit the surface of an explanation. That conversation should have taken place before the divorce became final, yet it was 2 years later. That for me said Tina had very little contact with Angie during the prior three years. The one thing about teenagers of divorced parents is they want to why it happened. And they want the unvarnished truth about their parents’ relationship. And with most children who have a separation with one of their parents and no information as to why that occurred immediately assume it may have been them who caused the separation. That is one of the reasons that many courts require counseling to divorcing parents so that they can communicate and aid in the emotional and mental health of their children.
This story could have gone on for many, many more chapters. However, writing is not easy and takes a lot of time. I am one who believes that I need a definitive beginning, middle and end to a story. I need the know my path I am going to take and what motivates the characters and what they will discover along their journey. My endings are somewhat abrupt. That is so that I can at some later date come back and actually continue the story if I should desire. But at this time, I must say that I have no real motivation to continue writing about Bette and Tina. I think that is because most people do not want to real long stories with a lot of detail. They are more interested in angst and discord than I am willing to write. And I am really hung up on time and how it affects a story line. An example is in this story Tina realizes that she has missed three years of her child’s life and within 18 months, she will no longer be a child. Unless she takes immediate action, she will never have the relationship with Angie that she imagines she has. And in her life, she has the example of Peggy and Helena. Peggy and Helena love one another, but it is obvious to most that they do not have the bond of most mothers and daughters. Peggy is not Helena’s confidant to whom she goes to in times of trouble, and she never will be. And unless Tina makes some major changes, her and Angie’s relationship will be much like Peggy and Helena’s.
This story is a reunion at a high speed. Perhaps that is not natural for most people. But for me, because they love each other so much and they have such a long history together and the fact that they are spending most of their waking hours with each other, then it pushes things along. They have common ground which is Angie, and they have the time (or make the time) in which their relationship is the utmost priority in their life. And they are living in the same house and have no other obligations except Angie. Without that, the reunion would take a much longer time period.
One of the things which I love is Bette telling Tina that she knew this would be her only opportunity to get Tina back. She had two options: make it work or let it go. And if she let it go, it would be goodbye to all hope of having Tina in her life again. For Bette was a matter of pushing the pain to the side and see what develops. Most people cannot do that. The pain is just more prominent in their life than the love they would have for Tina. And if that happens then the likelihood of a real reunion simply will not happen.
Thanks for reading my story and all my other stories… I appreciate your support and encouragement.