Randi shares her non-discoveries and Shane’s world crumbles.
Cast
Randi Halle Millien
Shane Mark Millien
SFX and Music Contributors
SFX
Q Tone [Query]
Tone 4.wav by patchen of freesound.org
Q Tone [Response]
Tone 3.wav by patchen of freesound.org
Music
Mara’s Letter Theme
Piano Quality - I Never Said Goodbye by MINOR2GO of looperman.com
Created by Mark and Halle Millien
Cover Art by Halle Millien
Written, Directed and Produced by Mark Millien
Mara’s Letter:
The world is tilting toward some recognizable version of itself. I am going to try and remember the type of patience this all required, because it’s not over, there is still going to be some pain ahead, and I don’t want to forget the lessons that I’ve learned. I guess we are doing this in part so that we can pass those lessons on to you. No matter what happens, I’m sure that when you read this the world will look a little different. The little ones, I’m not sure how much they’ll remember or what affect it may have on them. On the one hand the world was already so new to them maybe their expectations are more flexible and can bend to the shape forced onto them by the future. We’ve had grim days but nothing that we can’t overcome. For you Jude, it’s probably going to be harder. You’re at that age when responsibility is starting to really take hold. You can appreciate what your contributions are and understand sacrifice. I’ve learned a lot from watching how you’ve carried yourself through all of this. When this is over, there will be lost opportunities that you will have to reckon with. I have never been more confident of the man that you will grow up to be. It has been a long few months of waking nightmares, but now it’s finally getting to the end, and I feel guilty about my tepid happiness. Your father isn’t as optimistic, unfortunately. I think he feels more valuable in the world where everything is standing still, than in the one where he has to keep up with everyone else. He can navigate eggshells while speaking from his chest about this injustice and that looming menace but I love him in spite of our mutual failings. What I want to say to you most, is this. Living at the edge of free-fall has taught me about loss preparation. It’s all felt so near. Losing the house, the cars, my job. Your father. And some of these I’ve come to understand as inevitable. Do what you can to hold onto the things and people that are important to you. They are the only thing that matter. And sometimes even if you hold them tight and treat them as precious, you can’t will something into existence. You can hope and pray and love, but you cannot battle what time will take. Time will trade muscle for wisdom. It will heal all wounds but decay is not a scar, it is a cancer. I’m not telling you to save a corner of your heart because that won’t help, it’ll only allot less resources to the task of mending you back together when you need it. I want you to love without reservation. I’ve learned so much about the elasticity of time. Endless and yet so short, it speeds by so quickly. Don’t waste it trying to circumvent pain that is promised. Drink up so much of life while you can so that when you are living through a drought, you have reserves you can call upon. I’m going to write a book one day called “The Camel and the Bear”. It’ll be about coping with loss. Emotional hibernation versus resource management. I will dedicate it to you Jude. I’m going to spend the rest of the day working while daydreaming about a conversation between you and I, with me as an author and you as an adult, having emerged from the cramped chrysalis we now occupy. There will be plenty of time to sleep boys. We’ve spent so much time sleeping already. Dreams are still possible. Let’s capture them while rising instead of falling still. Loving each other is how we prepare for losing one another.
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