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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
pastorfred:
from LoveEmBoys at 08:31:52 am
--- Quote ---But then we all can only interpret a story as it fits within our own lives / experience.
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So true! Because of my experience I can't deny that beautiful Jack died. I do get a lot of comfort from Alternate Universes, but I have to live in this one. I'm also dealing with some major real life grief: My dear wife died last December. So Brokeback Mountain - - - and now this incredible story - - - are helping me immensely.
MaineWriter:
Fred...so sorry to hear about your wife. My thoughts are with you.
This story...I just can't let it go. And meanwhile, I am writing another one, myself. The obsession continues!
L
pastorfred:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on July 01, 2006, 12:05:09 pm ---Fred...so sorry to hear about your wife. My thoughts are with you.
This story...I just can't let it go. And meanwhile, I am writing another one, myself. The obsession continues!
L
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Thanks so much, Leslie!
And I want you to know how very much "A Love Born from Steel" means to me. From Tom's philosophy of "Everything happens for a reason..." to the exquisite depiction of human spirituality. That universe is so very much like this one. Sometimes I want to go live there. I've been to Laramie, and I grew up in Texas. Your Quanah is a much better place than either one in this world. ;)
I now life in a paradise called the Palouse in northern Idaho.
JennyC:
Fred,
So sorry to hear about your wife...
Welcome to Laramie Saga! Anyday that one more person believes Ennis deserve a chance to have a happy life after Jack is a good day. Jack would want that too.
pastorfred:
--- Quote from: JennyC on July 01, 2006, 01:30:28 pm ---Fred,
So sorry to hear about your wife...
Welcome to Laramie Saga! Anyday that one more person believes Ennis deserve a chance to have a happy life after Jack is a good day. Jack would want that too.
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Thanks, JennyC!
So true, ain't it? That Jack wants that. There are so many times in Laramie Saga that I can feel the presence of Jack. He's always egging those boys on, too! Somehow I have the feeling that he gets to share in the sweet life that E & E are building. When we hear from those who have gone ahead of us, they speak through our own hearts and minds. So Ennis can't hear Jack's forgiveness until he can imagine it. And Ellery helps him hear Jack tell him that he had done the best he could, that there truly was ultimately nothing to forgive. And so many other times...
There's a much more literal way Jack was instrumental: It was his journal that got Ennis out of that little room and on the road to Laramie, to Ellery and his future.
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