It’s Marge and Ilene with some backstory for the Thanksgiving dinner episode entitled Wielding and Yielding.
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“Fine! Go on without me, Ilene, you and Betty enjoy your walk.”
“Marge, what’s wrong?”
“Not a thing, go ahead, go be my mother’s old dead friend Ida, I’ll walk on my own without my live friend Ilene. You two have fun.”
“Marge you’re jealous.”
“She always thinks you’re Ida, but I never know who she’ll think I am, just that it’s usually someone she didn’t like.”
“I’m sorry, Marge. Maybe I like doing things with Betty because I miss my own mother.”
“Well, I miss my own mother too, Ilene, the one that answered to Mom, not Betty.”
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Ah, this one nailed me right through the heart, D. You caught those emotions in turmoil that are ultimately rooted in the loss of mom even though she’s still in the flesh. Good one! I can see how this story is shaping up in a bigger picture.
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Good! I’d love to know more about that bigger picture, but it’s just 99 words or six sentences at a time for now. Got another one written already! Thanks, Boss.
Hopin’ this makes the Thanksgiving scenes make more sense. I just write them as I get them.
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You are the dutiful scribe.
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How sad for Marge. Such a loss with a mixture of so many emotions. Sometimes it’s hard to untangle them and none of them want to be cooperative.
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Yep, she’s got more going on than drinking beer in the garage. At least she has that though, and good company.
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True. 🙂
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