Seashell Season (2016)
“Annie and I were sitting at her kitchen table, cups of coffee before us.
“So?” she said. “Didn’t you say he sent her a card and a twenty-dollar bill? Maybe she just thanked him for it.”
“I know, but I just didn’t think she would contact him. I told her we aren’t close.”
“That doesn’t mean she can’t be close to her grandfather.”
“I know,” I said. “He wrote her back. I saw the envelope this morning when the mail was delivered. That’s when she told me she’d written to him.”
“Why does this bother y...ou?” Annie asked. “I think I’m missing something.”
“I never understood why my father remarried so soon after my mother’s death.” I hadn’t planned on saying that. But there it was, an old hurt revealed.
“Common wisdom has it that people—men, in particular—remarry soon after they’re widowed because they enjoyed being married. In a way, it’s a compliment to the first spouse.”
I frowned. “I’m not sure I buy that. And to get remarried to a woman so totally unlike my mother!”MoreLess
“So?” she said. “Didn’t you say he sent her a card and a twenty-dollar bill? Maybe she just thanked him for it.”
“I know, but I just didn’t think she would contact him. I told her we aren’t close.”
“That doesn’t mean she can’t be close to her grandfather.”
“I know,” I said. “He wrote her back. I saw the envelope this morning when the mail was delivered. That’s when she told me she’d written to him.”
“Why does this bother y...ou?” Annie asked. “I think I’m missing something.”
“I never understood why my father remarried so soon after my mother’s death.” I hadn’t planned on saying that. But there it was, an old hurt revealed.
“Common wisdom has it that people—men, in particular—remarry soon after they’re widowed because they enjoyed being married. In a way, it’s a compliment to the first spouse.”
I frowned. “I’m not sure I buy that. And to get remarried to a woman so totally unlike my mother!”MoreLess
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