Virgil Tracy groaned and scribbled out what he had written on the paper
infront of him. Sighing as he looked at the mess in front of him, he ran a
hand over his face.
He had read Scott's paper, his older brother actually allowed him to see it before he'd given it to Alan, it was sweet and insightful, exactly what Virgil was fearing it would be. Although, by far the best of the Tracy's at English, Virgil swallowed hard at the thought of writing about his mother. He just couldn't find the right words. Sighing he let his mind wonder, as it did, he slowly but surely picked up his pen and started again, to write.
Virgil, here.
I think this is a pretty great idea really, sharing without having to espescially talk, you know our family's sometimes pretty bad at that. Well............
One of my earliest memories is of when Gordon was born, I remember how shocked mom was that he was a red-head, we couldn't work out where it was from. Now of course I affectionately refer to the kid as a 'throwback' but then, we had no idea where he'd gotton his hair from. I remember mom coming home from the hospital with him, this smiling, adorable little thing,I was smitten. I remember Mom telling off me, John and Scott for fighting over who got to hold him. We needn't have worried though, we soon had you as well and two babies were more than enough to go around.
The thing I like to remember about mom was her love of music, and her total commitment to caring for others, she was always looking after everyone else, that was just her. Like Scott, I know she would have loved you, and it eats me up to know that neither you nor Gordon will ever remember her smile, her voice, even her smell. That's why this is a good idea. I remember thinking how lucky we were that you two made it, through that crash though. I also remember this guy at mom's funeral, I think it was Great Uncle Jack, you know mum's uncle, the drunk one with the......never mind, I remember him saying that Mom's life had not been for nothing, because she had brought these brave kids into the world. Hmmm, funny the things you remember. I remember we all pulled together more after that though, Scott definately took it upon himself to care for the rest of us, for mom.
It sounds stupid but I feel bad about that! Scott's always had to grow up before he should have, he only had those nine years while mom was alive. I guess that's one of the biggest regrets, in my life.
Sorry, getting to depressing, I guess if we're on the subject of happiest memories, apart from the time mom was alive, I'd say I was happiest when I got accepted at Denver, that was an achievement. It wasn't like I breezed through school either, I had to work damned hard, that's why it made me so happy to finally get there. Denver was brilliant Al, I know for a fact that you got up to all sorts of trouble at College but I loved it, I loved learning! Don't laugh, I know you and Gordo will definately think i'm a geek but I really enjoyed it.
I would have liked to go into teaching if I had the chance, but I guess I get enough lecturing from Scott to last a lifetime, sorry Scott. I met some really good friends there and i'm not going to lie to you, it hurt to leave them behind, 'it's all for the greater good' became my little motto, to keep me from running straight back there when things got tense here, which they do, frequently. And Scott can talk, the girls at the air force had nothing on the girls at Denver, all curves and smiles. I don't know if John will go mad at me for writing this but the 'career-change' was hardest on him, on the romance-front! I'll let him explain that! (come on now John, it had to come out eventually don't get mad).
Apart from that, you Gordon, John and Scott, all bring me a lot of happiness.
The things you do, make me proud. All of you and I think that the careers we have now, ahem......the international kind, are so worthwhile and so brilliant, that I suppose I'm very happy now too. We help people Al, we stop families going through the pain we went through and that gives me an incredible sense of, I don't know, not achievement,I suppose the word's, pride.
I'm proud of what we do, I'm proud of who we are and I think mom would be too.
My motto's, 'It's better to burn out than it is to fade away.' Morbid, but I always feel that way, because mom burned out, she never did and never will fade away. Love you kid and our family's brilliant I wouldn't change a thing about it, even you! Virgil xxxxxxx
He had read Scott's paper, his older brother actually allowed him to see it before he'd given it to Alan, it was sweet and insightful, exactly what Virgil was fearing it would be. Although, by far the best of the Tracy's at English, Virgil swallowed hard at the thought of writing about his mother. He just couldn't find the right words. Sighing he let his mind wonder, as it did, he slowly but surely picked up his pen and started again, to write.
Virgil, here.
I think this is a pretty great idea really, sharing without having to espescially talk, you know our family's sometimes pretty bad at that. Well............
One of my earliest memories is of when Gordon was born, I remember how shocked mom was that he was a red-head, we couldn't work out where it was from. Now of course I affectionately refer to the kid as a 'throwback' but then, we had no idea where he'd gotton his hair from. I remember mom coming home from the hospital with him, this smiling, adorable little thing,I was smitten. I remember Mom telling off me, John and Scott for fighting over who got to hold him. We needn't have worried though, we soon had you as well and two babies were more than enough to go around.
The thing I like to remember about mom was her love of music, and her total commitment to caring for others, she was always looking after everyone else, that was just her. Like Scott, I know she would have loved you, and it eats me up to know that neither you nor Gordon will ever remember her smile, her voice, even her smell. That's why this is a good idea. I remember thinking how lucky we were that you two made it, through that crash though. I also remember this guy at mom's funeral, I think it was Great Uncle Jack, you know mum's uncle, the drunk one with the......never mind, I remember him saying that Mom's life had not been for nothing, because she had brought these brave kids into the world. Hmmm, funny the things you remember. I remember we all pulled together more after that though, Scott definately took it upon himself to care for the rest of us, for mom.
It sounds stupid but I feel bad about that! Scott's always had to grow up before he should have, he only had those nine years while mom was alive. I guess that's one of the biggest regrets, in my life.
Sorry, getting to depressing, I guess if we're on the subject of happiest memories, apart from the time mom was alive, I'd say I was happiest when I got accepted at Denver, that was an achievement. It wasn't like I breezed through school either, I had to work damned hard, that's why it made me so happy to finally get there. Denver was brilliant Al, I know for a fact that you got up to all sorts of trouble at College but I loved it, I loved learning! Don't laugh, I know you and Gordo will definately think i'm a geek but I really enjoyed it.
I would have liked to go into teaching if I had the chance, but I guess I get enough lecturing from Scott to last a lifetime, sorry Scott. I met some really good friends there and i'm not going to lie to you, it hurt to leave them behind, 'it's all for the greater good' became my little motto, to keep me from running straight back there when things got tense here, which they do, frequently. And Scott can talk, the girls at the air force had nothing on the girls at Denver, all curves and smiles. I don't know if John will go mad at me for writing this but the 'career-change' was hardest on him, on the romance-front! I'll let him explain that! (come on now John, it had to come out eventually don't get mad).
Apart from that, you Gordon, John and Scott, all bring me a lot of happiness.
The things you do, make me proud. All of you and I think that the careers we have now, ahem......the international kind, are so worthwhile and so brilliant, that I suppose I'm very happy now too. We help people Al, we stop families going through the pain we went through and that gives me an incredible sense of, I don't know, not achievement,I suppose the word's, pride.
I'm proud of what we do, I'm proud of who we are and I think mom would be too.
My motto's, 'It's better to burn out than it is to fade away.' Morbid, but I always feel that way, because mom burned out, she never did and never will fade away. Love you kid and our family's brilliant I wouldn't change a thing about it, even you! Virgil xxxxxxx