The Trip Home, Ch. 6-39
Every once in a while, you come across a story that not only opens your heart, but opens a part of your mind that you never even realized was closed. Your story demonstrated that love need not be shackled by number. That it is possible to have a heart big enough to engulf and give equally to more than one partner.
I feared at first that it might just be a tale of sexual exploration, which I am all for, but was so overwhelmingly exuberant that this was, in fact, an all encompassing love story. You showed Bella, Jasper, and Edward as the beneficiaries of great love, but didn't gloss over issues such as jealousy or emptiness when a piece of the whole was missing. That being the one moving forward or left behind is often less painful than those who cannot enjoy the love that they got to keep, because they know one of them is missing.
I loved how time and time again, you tested them with a level of conformity, and time and time again one of them shirked the thought, because it would leave someone out in the cold. My favorite of these is when Edward and Jasper created their plan of Jasper being the single guy and Edward marrying Bella. I think I audibly said, "YES!" when she said "No." That moment defined them. That finally allowed them to hold the mirror up to their relationship and confirm that they were all equal partners in this life together.
Beautiful, sexy tale from start to finish, MsK.
xo,
Bethie
Every once in a while, you come across a story that not only opens your heart, but opens a part of your mind that you never even realized was closed. Your story demonstrated that love need not be shackled by number. That it is possible to have a heart big enough to engulf and give equally to more than one partner.
I feared at first that it might just be a tale of sexual exploration, which I am all for, but was so overwhelmingly exuberant that this was, in fact, an all encompassing love story. You showed Bella, Jasper, and Edward as the beneficiaries of great love, but didn't gloss over issues such as jealousy or emptiness when a piece of the whole was missing. That being the one moving forward or left behind is often less painful than those who cannot enjoy the love that they got to keep, because they know one of them is missing.
I loved how time and time again, you tested them with a level of conformity, and time and time again one of them shirked the thought, because it would leave someone out in the cold. My favorite of these is when Edward and Jasper created their plan of Jasper being the single guy and Edward marrying Bella. I think I audibly said, "YES!" when she said "No." That moment defined them. That finally allowed them to hold the mirror up to their relationship and confirm that they were all equal partners in this life together.
Beautiful, sexy tale from start to finish, MsK.
xo,
Bethie
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