Week 5, Post B

Dear Caroline,

How is everything? Considering that 18 years ago you were told by your boss to take his child and bring her to an institution. It moved me that you had the courage to not listen to him and bring Phoebe, now your child home with you. After leaving to David Henry's office that snowy night, everything changed for you. You say that before you left, you were waiting. Waiting for a husband, just waiting. But after you left, you began to start your life. "Caroline stood still a moment longer. This was her life. Not the life she had once dreamed of, not a life her younger self would ever have imagined or desired, but the life she was living, with all its complexities. This was her life, built with care and attention, and it was good"(254). Its amazing how all that you ahve been through you still appreciate your life. I think about Norah Henry, how she is married to a doctor, and has everything she could possibly dream of but is still unhappy. Even depressed. But you appreciate everything that you have done.
Sincerely,
Claire O'Neill