Westward the Dream
“Victoria admitted to Anna Judah. The older woman had convinced her husband to bring Victoria and Kiernan along on this final expedition to Donner Pass before the Judahs returned to Sacramento.
“I fell in love with this country when I first set eyes on it.” Anna’s eyes glowed as they scanned the horizon. “It has a rugged, unspoiled nature, in spite of the mining communities that surround it. I like to imagine that I could live out my days here in perfect contentment. But I do miss my family ...back east.”
Victoria nodded and looked away to keep Anna from seeing the tears in her eyes. How could she be so easily moved to tears by such a simple statement?
“It isn’t easy to be a woman in the West,” Anna continued. “There is an isolation out here that threatens to eat you alive. And when your husband is gone, you sometimes question the sanity of allowing yourself to be left alone for weeks on end while he seeks his dreams.MoreLess
“I fell in love with this country when I first set eyes on it.” Anna’s eyes glowed as they scanned the horizon. “It has a rugged, unspoiled nature, in spite of the mining communities that surround it. I like to imagine that I could live out my days here in perfect contentment. But I do miss my family ...back east.”
Victoria nodded and looked away to keep Anna from seeing the tears in her eyes. How could she be so easily moved to tears by such a simple statement?
“It isn’t easy to be a woman in the West,” Anna continued. “There is an isolation out here that threatens to eat you alive. And when your husband is gone, you sometimes question the sanity of allowing yourself to be left alone for weeks on end while he seeks his dreams.MoreLess
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