So happy to be back in business with my blog….
Here’s the beginning of my latest story…. I hope you enjoy it! 
Looking back on my life, I have to say that it’s been quite a ride. Ups and downs, successes and failures….but my biggest failure has been my personal life. My darling, I am sorry that I have shut you out of my life, and I totally understand if you deem it proper not to reply to this note. Not respecting your right to live your own life has cost me dearly, I see that now.
As the doctors have told me that I haven’t long to live, I hope that you will find it in your heart to forgive me for my narrowmindedness. Know that I have always loved you despite what I have said and done over these last two years. I wish you well dear daughter.
With My Love Always, Father
Merrie’s eyes watered as she read the letter, a letter a long time in coming. As she folded the letter and placed it back into its envelope, she felt the strong, loving arms of her husband’s embrace.
“I’m sorry about your father, sweetheart,” said Joe. “And I’m even sorrier to see that he has realized the error of his ways a bit too late.” Merrie looked up to her husband, nodding her head in agreement. “He’s missed so much Joe – our wedding, our daughter….. it makes me so upset to think that he would believe I’d never forgive him. I have to send him a wire, so he can rest knowing that I do forgive him.” As Joe looked into his wife’s sapphire eyes, he knew instinctively what needed to be done. Not for his father in law, but for the love of his life.
“Merrie, I have an idea….maybe it’s time for a trip to New York, so you can see your father one last time. What do you think?” Joe asked. Merrie’s face brightened at the thought. Throwing her arms around Joe, she kissed him as she said “Yes! Yes! Yes!” “But on one condition.” Joe added, his face turning serious. “Doc Martin has to say it’s OK for you to travel in your present condition.” Patting her ever expanding stomach, Merrie replied, “It’s a deal.”
This is amazing…I am sitting on the Hampton Jitney, which is a bus service between the Hamptons and NYC – and they have wi-fi! So I have been able to catch up a bit on this loooong ride home! For as much as I know about computers now there is still alot that escapes me – and this type of stuff is some of it!
I have worked out in my head all of the logistics of my story, and I would start writing now if the glare on this screen from the sun wasn’t so annoying. But with both children away and hubby at work, I will get a nice piece done tomorrow!
Being out here in my old family home and finally relaxing has really given me time to think.
Looks like my stories “The Only,” “Adjustments,” and “Finding the Way Home” will have a companion piece….so stay tuned!
It’s only noon here, but it is as dark as night, rain teeming against the window….. a perfect day to get writing!
I have given much thought to a new story, and I think I will try to get the first pieces of it together today – after all, the outdoors is not calling me as it usually would on a summer day!
This new story will have the characters leaving the Ponderosa (for how long? ) and embarking on a new endeavor, not something that was sought out, but foist upon them.
Interested?