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Chapter 34 – New Haven to Redondo Beach
Bette: We can take tomorrow to get organized for our regular schedule. I hope that tomorrow will be a leisurely day. Its Labor Day.
Mary: That is my plan for tomorrow. Unpack, catch up on the laundry and sit down and start my planning. I’m sure that Alene and Grace will want to be filled in on everything. I think we are supposed to get together on Wednesday afternoon at Grace’s house.
Tina: I do hope everything goes well for Alene and Grace. I know that you do as well. If these are the moves they truly want to make in their lives, then they should do just that. Of course, I believe they will feel a lot better about their plans if they know you have plans as well.
Mary: I am thinking that maybe one of Alene’s kids might want to buy that old International pickup of mine. Jerry has been eyeing it for years. If he does, I’ll make him a reasonable deal.
Bette: You do what you feel is best with what you have, Mom. I know how much you love that truck, but if you want to bring it to California, you are going to have to makes some alterations on it to be able to drive it on the street. California has all kinds of laws about emissions from vehicles. And it will never be the same truck after you get it into compliance with the laws.
Mary: Oh, yeah. No, I think I’d be better off leaving it in Arizona.
Tina: Mary, give us a call when you get home so we know you’re okay. We have so enjoyed having you with us. And we are glad you will be with us over the holidays. Let us know if we can do anything for you to make your life easier. We love you, Mary.
Tina got up and hugged her mother-in-law. Daniel then got up and hugged her.
Daniel: I’ll call you tomorrow, okay? Thanks for visiting us and for helping with all our chores. I love you Grandmama. Come back soon.
Mary: Oh Daniel… you are such a wonderful young man. If you don’t call me, I will call you. You do well in school and help your moms get into that brand new home. Let me know how the water is in the pool. Okay? I love you too Daniel.
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I hope I’m reading this story years into the future. Bette and Tina as grandparents, three generations living together, where Daniel will go to college, the scenarios are endless. Thanks for your dedication, Martha.
Fans,
Thank you for commenting. There are only a few more chapters in this Volume. I have completed a Volume 3 of this series … and will continue to publish on a regular basis. This volume starts to address the raising of a boy and the onset of puberty and adolescence. These are the challenging years in a persons life and even more so for the parents going through it with them. Now that Angie is away at Yale, she doesn’t have much of a role in my stories until she returns home.
I know that this is not the normal fan fiction. But what I want to show is how important communication is between Bette and Tina. I want to show how important it is for parents to communicate with their children and how important it is to realize that the objective is raise children to be independent, healthy, happy individuals. And so much goes into that. To have a child go from childhood to adulthood is difficult for parents… probably more difficult than the child themselves will ever realize. To come to the realization that you (as a parent) will not be there to give just the right advice and to object to the wrong decision is a tough bridge to cross. That has been a subplot of most of this story… I hope that has come across in my writing. Bette and Tina are strong parents but its not because they hold tight reigns on their children. Angie and Daniel are unique individuals… at least they are in my story.
Thanks for reading and commenting… stay tuned for more…
I alway shook my head while watching the parents of my kids’ friends hold a tight reign and made choices for them which nearly always backfired. Made for quite the lesson in our household.