Dad's P.O.V Me and Beth had to stay in the hospital for a while because Serenity was premature. But they've assured me that she's perfectly healthy. She's already the centre of our attention; she's so cute and well behaved, I don't even try to back out of nappy duty. I think that Beth is still finding it hard having our first child be a main character, but her and Serenity have bonded so well. I'm sure she'll snap out of it. Dad's P.O.V Beth found Serenity's birthmark, it was shaped like a star. Now she is even more stressed, I'm really starting to worry too. Maybe we can't handle this as well as we thought we could. Serenity is just finning her bottle of milk when Beth comes down the stairs with the three matching suitcases that we used …show more content…
on our honeymoon. At first I don't know how to react, but after seeing the look on her face I think that I can guess what this is about. She's been freaking out over the birthmark for two weeks now. "Beth, you're over reacting." "No I'm not, I've read up on her birthmark." "What did you find?" I was being distracted by the chance of obtaining new information on our daughter. She simply replies with, "Five point star, esper." I'm openly baffled by that, and I'm sure that it shows in my expression. "What?" "She has a birthmark that looks like a star, that makes her an esper. It's worse than we thought, we don't stand a chance Jim. She won't just be a main character that's dragged into a situation, she is the situation!" I can see my wife getting even more stressed by the second. "Well we can't just abandon her!" I stand up with Serenity in my arms. I'm getting mad now. "I know, so I'm leaving.
I've seen how you two have bonded, and I can't separate you two just because I'm scared. I'm going to my mother's. I just need to cool down and think things through. Maybe I'll calm down and then I'll come back, but for now I - I just need my space." "You can't just leave me with her Beth, she's only two weeks old! I can't care for her on my own, until you come back, if you come back! She needs her mother!" "I know, I'm sorry. I just... Honey, she's a main character... I can't." "So you're just gonna leave!" Beth walks over to me and Serenity, she kisses Serenity goodbye before turning to me. "You have my mum's number and I've left it in case you don't. If you can't reach me, I've left you Jane's number. Make sure that if anything seems wrong with her take her straight to the doctor, none of your waiting till you're half dead. Make sure that she gets to sleep at the same times every day. J-just look after her okay." I can see her trying to hold back the tears in her eyes. "What? You're being serious? No, Beth you can't leave it creates a tragic back story!" "I'm sorry." She turns back to me as she reaches the door, "I love you Jim." she slowly shuts the door careful to hear the click, before she posts her set of keys through the
letterbox. I just stand there for a while, I don't know how long, just a while stunned into silence. Before Serenity snaps me out of my daze, impatiently crying for the bottle. "Sorry Serenity, there's none left. I'll make a new one." I rush of into the kitchen to heat up the milk, still desperately trying to avoid meditating on possibly losing my wife forever.
they get serenity. “I remember Mitchell Sanders smiling as he told me that story. Most of
Far back, in the midst of a time when the world was very young, there lived a princess named Lucille and a bunny named Fluffy. Lucille was a beautiful girl with chocolate brown hair, and eyes as blue as the sweet summer sky. Fluffy was as white as snowflakes and as soft as clouds. He offered plenty of razzmatazz but little manners. They lived together in a tall castle, covered in green vines and grey cobblestone, hidden in the dense forest filled with animals and nature.
Beth goes out of her way to make sure that her family's image is perfect
It has been too long since I last wrote to you, so I thought I would inform you on momentous events that happened in my life in the last little while. The previous time I heard from you was when Gabriel turned three. I can’t believe he is about to become a teenager now. My goodness, time flies by so fast. I was so ecstatic when I saw your prior letter arrive in my mail.
for the worse and a few for the better, but in the end she finds her true
Everyone viewed Conrad's mother, Beth, as perfect. Beth always had to have everything organized, neat. She had to be in control. Everything about her on the outside seems perfect. "Gracious as always, but Cal knows she doesn't like this. She is wearing a white-knit pantsuit, a long-sleeved black blouse, her hair tied back from her face with a black scarf. She does look gorgeous" (64). After her first son Buck died, and her second son Conrad tried to kill himself, she starts to realize that her family is falling apart, but she can't help them. Beth is all about appearance, how she and her family seem to other people. She can't handle talking about major problems, even when they involve the people she loves.
“Go away!” I, Rebecca Rozeria, scream at my little brother, Dylan. “Or I’ll tell Mom!”
(Marvel, Laura). At first, Reverend Parris tried praying to help the girl's odd behavior but it didn't
The immediate benefits of the residential treatment not only led to the protection of her brother, but provided Beth with a controlled and structured environment where she could being to earn and cultivate trust between her and the people around her. It was evident that the residential treatment, coupled with the therapy that Beth had been receiving was making a difference in her life. She demonstrated remarkable improvement. For instance, Beth began to exhibit some feelings of sorrow and remorse over her past behaviors. She cried when she acknowledge that by acting the way that she did, she not only hurt her family members, but also hurt herself. By the end of the video, she had earned a substantial amount of trust. She went from sleeping by herself with alarms on the door and locked into her room, to sleeping in the same room as other children. She started engaging in activities. Instead of attacking and killing animals, she began to feed and nurture them. Despite her many improvements, the documentary clearly expressed that for Beth, full recovery would likely be a lifetime
Every time Buck or the suicide is brought up she changes the subject, avoiding, or goes silent, withdrawing. She masks her emotions telling everyone the family is fine. In many instances Conrad tries to talk to his mom; one time he finds her in his brother’s room. He asks her questions and she keeps trying to walk away and eventually shuts her bedroom door, ending any sort of a conversation. Later, it appears she has matured and has a conversation with her son. She finds him outside on the lawn and they talk for a bit, until Conrad mentions Buck, and the conversation ends. Beth is even violent with her husband, yelling at him to control her son or ignore their issues. Her final act of violence was leaving, leaving the family, and hoping to leave her problems. If she had learned to communicate all these could have been avoided. She did not feel safe to speak and no one inquired deep enough to penetrate her hard
“Could you go get your mom?” I cried, “I can’t handle this anymore, we need to go to the hospital.”
Beth exhibits silence when on the plane returning home she withdrawals and avoids her husband's company. When one confronts her they must use S.T.A.T.E in order to keep Beth from feeling she must defend herself. The same can be used when she acts violent, Beth often times tries to control the situations or mask her feelings because she wants her family to appear “perfect”. She exemplifies these violent actions when she criticizes Calvin for telling a friend Conrad sees a counselor and becomes defensive when others try to talk about their or her emotions. Beth needs the family to create safety by stating their intentions and also relay the idea that they share the same pain and want to aid each other in such a difficult
“ James nothing is wrong with me. I am leaving town with my friends tomorrow and I don’t plan on coming back until all of you get it together. I’m getting my things in the morning so don’t try and stop me. The choice is done.” And that was it. She vanished into the crowd of people.
“Ya right, f***ing Coward,” Beth mumbles angrily to herself, she never swears unless she’s really pissed off.
“I don’t want to leave. I have a friend, and I have a girlfriend. I am not going to leave.”