3. "Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them." - Oscar Wilde

( It wasn't supposed to be like this. )

( On his nineteenth birthday... )

There wasn't much in his world, just then ( Read more... )

There are people who seem to have lost the ability to appreciate how special a celebration for a very small number like two can be.

Making lists of people, getting cards, writing individual messages, addressing them, and mailing them, both for me and for Mother - there have been years when the whole lot of that has been a valid way to avoid thinking about the actual holidays.

He rediscovered the love he'd once held for his home as he feasted his eyes on Sarah's marvel at the transformation for celebration, when his mother's mourning was set aside for the celebration of life in the middle of winter.

The Christmas tree, familiar, familiarly adorned, familiarly stocked with presents under it, looked way too huge when it was just Caleb and Evelyn standing beside it.

http://i39.tinypic.com/x1hmb7.jpgHe couldn't find Chase, among the flames ( Read more... )

The future is not set.
I've been told I said that once.
Many years from now.
It was a warning.
That I was going to hell.
But if I fought hard enough, I could escape.
I believed it for a lifetime. -John Connor

( Cutting for length. And backstory; age 14. )

After this. If anyone wants to call him/run into them later that evening, feel free to tag, etc.

( Cutting for length. But it's nice? )