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    Chapter 34 – New Haven to Redondo Beach

    Tina: Did you miss me?

    Bette:  A little…Let’s go home.

    They retrieved their luggage and had a sky captain take it out to their waiting car. The drive to Redondo Beach would be only about 45 minutes.

    Daniel:  Do you think we could have pizza tonight? Maybe a salad?

    Tina:  Sounds good to me. I’ll go ahead and order it and maybe it will arrive shortly after we get to the beach house. Is there anything to drink in the fridge?

    Daniel:  There are some soft drinks, some tea and I think there is some beer.

    Bette:  Perfect. Let’s get our luggage upstairs and maybe the pizza will arrive shortly after we do.

    Tina smiled:  I love it when a plan comes together. What a week. What a weekend. Now we are back home.

    The driver helped get the luggage into the foyer. Daniel took his bag upstairs and then quickly came down and got Tina’s bag. Bette took her to her bag to the bedroom and was heading to get Tina’s when the phone rang. It was Mary. She was home and had a very restful flight. She would call tomorrow after she rested up a bit.

    Tina handled the pizza delivery and set the food on the table. Bette and Daniel came downstairs as they smelled the aroma of pizza. Tina had set the two boxes of pizza and the three bowls of salad. She had put several bottles of dressing and got out a couple of beers and a soda for Daniel. They all sat down to eat. Bette told them that Mary had called and had arrived home safely and would call tomorrow. Daniel told his parents that he had text Angie that they were home and she had replied that they had been out on their bikes this afternoon and were loving campus life.

    Daniel: Oh yeah, she said to tell you that you were right. The vending machines are all empty.

    Bette:  Wow, and it’s not even Monday.

    Tina: Well, I think they will be fine if they can figure out how to use their appliances. They have some good food to prepare.

    Bette: Angie knows what she’s doing…. She’ll be fine.

    Daniel:  So, what’s the plan for tonight?

    Comments

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

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