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Chapter 34 – New Haven to Redondo Beach
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Bette: Daniel, why don’t you and I go for a little walk? Let’s get a little air.
Daniel did not respond verbally but got out of the SUV and walked beside Bette as she walked down the street in this small town. At the end of the block was a small park which people used to entertain their small children. The park was empty. There were some picnic tables and some swing sets and a couple of teeter totters. Bette walked leisurely with Daniel and decided to head to the park.
Bette: It’s a beautiful day today. Not too hot and there is a breeze blowing that is really pleasant.
Daniel did not respond.
Bette: Daniel sweetie…. You are not in trouble so stop worrying about that, okay?
Daniel: I’m not?
Bette: No, you are not. You have done nothing wrong.
Daniel: I haven’t?
Bette: It’s perfectly normal and it alright to cry when something makes you sad. And you are sad, aren’t you?
Daniel: Yeah, I am. But why do I feel like I am such a baby?
Bette: Maybe one of your classmates told you at some point that only babies cry?
Daniel: Yeah, I’ve heard that.
Bette: Come over here and let’s sit down.
The sat and looked out over the park.
Bette: I’m little older than you and I have had a little more experience than you and I want you to know that everyone cries at some point in their lives. Everyone experiences sadness and most of the time that sadness is because we experience loss of something we love very much. It’s that feeling of loss that causes us pain. And with pain sometimes comes tears and the need to cry.
Daniel: Yeah, I guess so.
Bette: You feel you have lost your sister, don’t you?
Daniel: I have in a way. She won’t be living with us anymore. She’ll be in New Haven.
Bette: Yeah, she’ll be in New Haven. But we can talk to her every day if we want to. So, we really haven’t lost her. She’s just away at school. In fact, she has been away at school almost all of your life Dan. You two have never gone to the same school. Right? She’s just a little further away so she can’t make it to dinner every night nor to the breakfast table every morning. But we can talk to her just as we have always been able to. It’s just that we will have to use a phone. And in a couple of days, you will be going off to school again too. Both of you will be doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing. Going to school. And yeah, it sucks that you can’t see her every day. But she’ll be home as soon as she can. And right now, that is Thanksgiving. I know that seems like a long time away, but it’s only a couple of months. And we all have things we are going to be doing between now and then.
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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.