Re: Theodore/Hugh
Thank you. I do appreciate that. There are moments, I'll admit, when I will see something, or hear a song, even smell something, and it will all flood back to me: where we were, what we were doing. Seventeen years is a long time to be, like you said, knit together with someone else. To be a part of them and have them be a part of you. But I do my best not to dwell on it and instead be grateful for what we had.
Yes, that is for the best - if you call her "Elena" at dinner I can't be responsible for her actions.
I am not saying your father was this, but sometimes bad parents can make great parents, create them, I mean, if their children are determined to not repeat their mistakes. Not that I'm even close to ready to think about this, but I know Elaine will make a great mother (some day - in the far distant future, mind), because both Jamie and I took that lesson to heart. Neither of our fathers were particularly good men.