I now pronounce you husband and wife.
He realizes that her life will change, moving her to Chicago, away from her family and friends. Her children will be well taken care of, and he hopes one day he can truly be a great father to them. He looks foward to the day they have their own children. A new life awaits all of them, if she could just trust him. He realizes she has not had it easy, but he wants to change all that. He will be good to her. She needs to learn to love herself, so she will feel comfortable loving others.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
SSRJ#3: The Cranes, by Peter Meinke
This is an extremely sad, yet very romantic story about two people in love. They are in a parked car along the shore looking at birds. She is fascinated with the big white birds that are flying by, and they start reminiscing about the past. It is easy to tell how much they still love each other after all the years that have passed, by the way they have a playful banter with each other.
The story is about an older couple who drives out to a marshy shoreline to kill themselves. They spot a few very big birds that she take an interest in.She wants to know what kind of birds they are. They lean forward in the car, and the shower curtain spread over the front seat crackled and hissed. (2) They talk and decide the birds make the little ones look like clowns. The man laughs about it, and the woman puts her hand on the mans arm and says,"I feel I'm responsible. Maybe this is the wrong thing."(6) He convinces her it is not, and that he is alright with it. She is coughing and he is complaining about all the things he cannot due any more.He picks up an object wrapped in a plaid towel and puts it between the two of them. She is concerned that her children's lives are not settled . He tells her that They will be fine, and anyway, they are not children anymore.(22)She closes her eyes, as though she is ready for what he is about to do. The two cranes suddenly spread their wing and fly away. I believe that is was the shot of a gun that rang out and scared them off.
Other animals mate for life, why not one of those, why cranes?
The story is about an older couple who drives out to a marshy shoreline to kill themselves. They spot a few very big birds that she take an interest in.She wants to know what kind of birds they are. They lean forward in the car, and the shower curtain spread over the front seat crackled and hissed. (2) They talk and decide the birds make the little ones look like clowns. The man laughs about it, and the woman puts her hand on the mans arm and says,"I feel I'm responsible. Maybe this is the wrong thing."(6) He convinces her it is not, and that he is alright with it. She is coughing and he is complaining about all the things he cannot due any more.He picks up an object wrapped in a plaid towel and puts it between the two of them. She is concerned that her children's lives are not settled . He tells her that They will be fine, and anyway, they are not children anymore.(22)She closes her eyes, as though she is ready for what he is about to do. The two cranes suddenly spread their wing and fly away. I believe that is was the shot of a gun that rang out and scared them off.
Other animals mate for life, why not one of those, why cranes?
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