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Chapter 34 – New Haven to Redondo Beach
Daniel: Yeah, like what?
Bette: Going to school, moving into a new home and getting settled in California. We going to be getting Paris and Jeanette ready for their wedding. You are going to be learning to play the guitar and the violin. Lots of stuff that she will miss. But she’ll catch up when she gets home.
Daniel: Yeah, your right. There is a lot of my life she’s not there for even when she was living in the same house. That’s just the way it works.
Bette pulled her son into a warm and comforting hug. She rubbed his back.
Bette: We haven’t lost your sister. We can talk to her almost anytime. It’s just that she will be in New Haven while we are in Los Angeles. Yes, we will miss her when she is not with us. But it won’t be forever. And no matter what happens, she will always be your sister. And I know she is going to miss you just as much as you will miss her.
Daniel: Yeah, she told me she would. Thanks mom. I feel better now.
Bette: What do you say we go get you a big ole burger and some fries? Maybe even a milkshake.
Daniel: Really?
Bette: Yeah, really. Come on son. Mama T and Grandma Mary are waiting on us. We do love you very much.
They stood up and walked back to the dinner. Tina saw that Daniel was trying to smile but still looked a little puffy eyed.
Tina: Why don’t you go to the restroom and wash up for lunch. It should be ready in a moment.
Daniel went to the men’s room.
Mary: Well, he seems a little better. Is he going to be okay?
Bette: I think so. I think it is just something he had to express and get out of his system and he was somewhat embarrassed that it made him look like a baby. But I think he’ll be fine.
Tina: You didn’t bring up “baby”. Did you?
Bette: No, Tina. I’m not one to allow my child to think of themselves as a baby. I tried to tell him that there is no shame in crying. But he also must realize that just because his sister lives 2,000 miles away does not mean that we have lost her. She will be coming back to see us from time to time. And we can still talk to her almost whenever we like. I think he feels a little less loss. He will still miss her, but it’s not forever.
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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.