I have supplied the song that inspired this chapter. If you'd like, you can click on it and listen to it when the song comes up. Thanks so much for reading!
The first time I felt it was during the funeral; and at that
moment, I thought I was crazy. I thought surely it was my mind playing tricks
on me. I tried to wipe the memory out of my head but right about the time I
thought I had convinced myself that it hadn’t happened, I felt something on my
shoulder and could smell Carson’s cologne again.
As if that didn’t make me feel crazy enough, I soon started
having dreams soon after the funeral. In them I would see Carson and I would
talk to him about how the kids and I were doing. The dream would continue on like that
until right before I’d wake up; he would smile at me and then walk away into
the blinding, white light.
It became a normal thing for me to experience.
When I was feeling overwhelmed by how the kids were dealing with losing their
Dad, I would feel something on my shoulder and smell Carson’s scent. When the kids graduated high
school and I started getting upset because I wished so desperately that Carson
was there, it was the same thing. Time after time, through all the milestones,
I felt his presence and continued to dream I was able to talk to him.
Then there was one time I swore I was dreaming but instead
of Carson walking away, he reached out his hand to me. I looked down at his
hand and then up at his face. He was smiling like I had always remembered him
smiling and then he nodded at me. I put my hand in his and he hugged me. It
didn’t feel like a fake hug, like I was dreaming it; it felt real. I heard something behind me and I turned to
look at what the noise was. I saw our children standing over a bed crying and
then I saw who was lying in the bed. I turned back around to Carson and he
gently pulled me away, into the blinding, white light.
Every night in my
dreams, I see you, I feel you; that is how I know you go on.
Far across the
distance and spaces between us; you have come to show you go on.
Near, far, wherever
you are I believe that the heart does go on.
Once more you open the
door and you’re here in my heart and, my heart will go on and on.
Love can touch us one
time and last for a lifetime; and never let go till we’re gone.
Love was when I loved
you, one true time I hold to.
In my life we’ll
always go on.
Near, far, wherever
you are I believe that the heart does go on.
Once more you open the
door and you’re here in my heart and, my heart will go on and on.
You’re here, there’s
nothing I fear, and I know that my heart will go on.
We’ll stay forever
this way; you are safe in my heart and, my heart will go on and on.
Credits:
Poses:
Blakc - Say That You Love Me
Kiddo's Dreams - In the Hospital
Kiddo's Dreams - Wedding March
Studio K2 - Casual Male
Jesus woman, lol. can somebody pass me a tissue? Beautiful ending to this generation. I cried. Again. But a happy sort of cry cause they are together now. Love this. Damn I don't even know what to say cause I'm just sad. Your characters are so life like you can't help but be heart broken when they pass.
ReplyDelete*Hands over a tissue box*
DeleteI happy cried too when I put this chapter together, but I absolutely loved doing these pictures. The last one is one of my favorites of this generation.
The final chapter had floated around in my head for months, but I couldn't let their story end there. I kept racking my brain on how to end this and I'm not kidding, I watched "Titanic" one day when I was feeling sick and I heard Celine Dion sing at the end and I instantly knew how I wanted it to end.
Thank you so, so much! I was okay with the last chapter but I wasn't quite sure about this part. I was afraid it might be. . .corny, silly, stupid. . .I don't know which but I finally decided that this was the vision I had for the ending so that's what I went with.
Wow! I can't tell you how nice it is to hear that you think that they're life like! To me they are but to hear it from someone else makes me happy since that means their story and personalities are coming through.
Thank you, thank you so much for reading and commenting!
Yes, that last picture going into the bright light arm and arm is perfect. It's like he waited all those years for her so they could take that step together. Ahhh the misty eyes again. Don't worry. This wasn't corny at all. I think they just had a great and epic love and it couldn't have ended any other way. I'm in a little awe of this story. (The whole legacy) and just how good it is. Mine looks like something I typed up while sitting on the crapper. Rofl. I love how it's not always drama in your story, so many chapters were so joyful, and show the good and bad parts of life and that's why the characters are so lifelike. :)
DeleteThat's pretty much exactly it; he waited for her (always thinking of her).
DeleteWow, I mean, I'm totally in awe of your story! I think you have one of the best stories I've read! I can't tell you how many times you and LateKnight have inspired me. I'm just honored that you all comment on here!
Thank you so much for the kind words! This next generation will have some trials to get through but I will never do drama for drama's sake. Always with a purpose.
Thank you again Amandralynn!
*screams* I just saw this comment. I inspire you?! I'm so touched right now. *hugs* Hopefully that's not too like whoa, LOL. I've actually been having a bad day today, and just stumbled across this random comment. O_O
DeleteI like coincidences. :)
I'm sorry you've had a bad day! :( Just look at the pictures of Trevor, Will, and George and you'll feel better! LOL!
DeleteYou and your stories most definitely inspire me and I'm floored that you all read and comment on my story! *hugs back* =D
Coincidences are awesome! Now really, go look at the pictures of Bridge's sons. You'll loose all your sorrows looking at them. I spent a good five minutes staring just at Trevor! If one of them is picked, I don't think I'm ever going to get a chapter posted! I'll just be too busy staring at whoever it is. . .LOL!
i cried and both chapters. i'm sorry but i don't think i can ever kill off any of my character. i was suppose to have raven die in my epilogue but i couldn't do it
ReplyDeleteI won't ever do it just to kill one off. I could never do that. I get too attached to them.
DeleteWith Amanda, I would have done it for the wrong reasons and every time I tried to write that she died, it was like pulling teeth to write her final chapter. It was only when I switched to her surviving that her last chapter flowed out of my head.
With Carson, it was the complete opposite. These last two chapters were the easiest I wrote for Bridge's story. I can't even explain it. From the get go, this was their story and I knew it. If it had felt forced when I went to write the chapter, he would have lived. =D
Wow, that would have been a completely different story if Raven had died. Now I'm curious what was supposed to happen.
Thanks so much for reading and commenting!
Awwww, what a perfect way to have Bridgette join Carson in the afterlife. I love that song, even though I feel cheesy for saying that, LOL. I never saw Titanic, but I know it's the Titanic song. XD
ReplyDeleteThat was incredibly sweet, and like a great ending to their epic love. :)
I thought if it was good enough for Jack and Rose from the movie to join together again, it was good enough for Carson and Bridge. XD
DeleteI love it too! I'm a big Celine Dion fan. Her voice is just incredible!
I've watched Titanic a few times. . .It doesn't help that I have the BluRay. =D
Thank you so much! I just couldn't end it with the last chapter. It would have been too much of a downer and I'm not a downer kind of a person. So if I can find a happy ending, I'll do it! Lol!
Thanks so much again for reading and commenting, LateKnight!
I tried writing once on this chapter, but I accidentally reloaded the page and lost everything. I went to bed without re-writing it because I HATE it when I do stuff like that and didn't want to spend the time. However, then I somehow found myself re-writing it in my head instead, so I finally found myself at my computer again, trying to remember what I originally wrote. (Instead of sleeping, might I add.....)
ReplyDeleteI'm dumbfounded. Anything I say is completely inadequate. You are one of the most talented story writers I've ever had the pleasure of following. I did NOT see this coming (until the last chapter, though I wanted to believe he would still live, same as we wanted Amanda to live). Looking back, though, I can see foreshadowing in the vacation chapters and I might be even able to find something earlier if I tried to look for it.
Honestly, though, I didn't cry (don't hit me, anyone). I think it was because I knew something was coming and I braced myself. So, I just wasn't affected like maybe I would have been. Though, like you, if I were writing it, I probably would have balled my eyes out. :)
At first, though, I must admit, I was confused about when she died, but after I re-read it again, I figured it out. :) I should have figured it out, but I guess I haven't seen Titanic in awhile. LOL!
I like how you wrote it to show she eventually went with him. Mostly because it helps me to know that she'll still be around for awhile, at least through some "milestones". However, the kids could be "young adult", maybe, because I noticed Will still had his stickie upie hair. ;) However, it could just be for the story line and it may change later. It leaves the air of sad mystery.
I love Diamond Rio (one of my country group favs) and I saw Titanic in theaters like 4x. I was a little depressed as I'd just broken up with one of my boyfriends. So, I guess I needed a good cry. :) Great ways to add to the story!
It will be a very tough vote for the heir, though. :) It'll be fun to see who gets picked. Though, I'll forever be scarred. I'll probably never get over this. Most moving generation EVER....well, at least so far, but it'll be very hard for anyone to top this.
I sure would love to see you in action as you "play" your sims games. I mean, I know my story is different since it goes along with what the sims wants, but it would be interesting how you set it all up.
→ Do you write your story out in advance and then just "play" the sims to get them to do what you want?
→ Also, do you use traveller for "vacations/honeymoons" or do you copy sim family into the bin and then load that city up?
→ Also, how do you get EVERYONE at your gatherings. For instance, Carson & Bridge's wedding. Do you make your sims call everyone and invite them over? I mean, I always would end up missing someone. LOL...I don't really need it for my story, but I've done stories (in my head) in the past where I want a whole family to come over, but I can't get everyone there. I was just curious. Obviously, if it is a trade secret, please feel free to say no. :) Sorry for all of this....inquiring minds just want to know. :)
P.S.
I will be going to read Jeff's story, too. On a side note for that, I HATE that Rosamund calls him Jefferson. I know that's his given name, but it drives me a little insane. :) You probably do that on purpose. :)
Wow! I am speechless. . .I honestly just do what I feel the characters want me to do. I listen to different songs for each character and that helps me get inside their heads. I know this might sound strange but it's their voices coming through me so what you read, is them, not really me. I think I've been blushing for a good five minutes since reading your comments. Thank you so much! I'm just happy that there are people that read it! I never imagined that people would enjoy it.
DeleteI may do a special thing with Carson's character study and reference some places where if you went back and read the chapters again, you would notice where some of the hints are. Actually, I will do that. I think people would be surprised how early they started. They appeared to just be part of normal dialogue but a lot of times had a double meaning. I tried o lay it on a little thicker in the vacation chapters. I can give you an example: Bridge and Carson are outside looking at the vacation home after they first arrive ad Bridge says "What would we do without you." Nothing really obvious but I put little things like that in wondering if anyone would think "What would they do without Carson?"
I sat down to write this chapter and before I even typed one word, I cried for five minutes. I kept sitting here waiting to stop. It really didn't help that I listened to the song. The two parts that really got me were when I typed where Carson is saying goodbye and when I typed out the lyrics to the song. It was the same spots for the pictures too.
That's kind of how it was with Titanic too. Some people didn't know if she died at the end or if she was dreaming and James Cameron never answers the question (Which I think Rose died at the end). Bridgette will be old when she passes away. The kids will be adults (with so many blonde haired kids I thought I'd keep their hair the same so people would know who was who). But when she joins Carson, she becomes young again.
Aww! I'm sorry you were having such a hard time when Titanic came out! I think I saw it twice in the theater and then again when it was rereleased. And I love Diamond Rio too!
I'm glad I don't have to pick the heir! What's funny is if I had picked the generation two heir, Bridge would not have been picked. How sad would that have been? Oh wow! Thank you again for the kind words.
DeleteI mostly write and then go in game and have them do what I've written out. They do have their own minds though so they sometimes do things that I didn't write and it ends up in the story. A lot of Carson's character comes from game play. He was all about Bridge from the moment he met her. Sometimes I'd have trouble finding him in the house and he'd be off flirting with Bridge, complimenting her appearance, etc. That's where him calling her beautiful came from. But most of it is prewritten.
I have so many saved family versions of the Hobbles and Davilas it's not even funny. I use them when they go away somewhere. Just is less time consuming for me. So they never actually travel there. I just use a copied household in the new place.
There were, if you include Bridge and the kids, there were four different households at the funeral. I went into each household, told them to change into their formal attire, and then told them to go to the lot (which Bridge owned). I would then swtich back to Bridge's household and when that other household arrived, I posed them so they couldn't leave. I then repeated the process for the other three other households. Does that make sense? It's kind of hard to explain.
HAHAHA! It is indeed on purpose that she calls him Jefferson and if you haven't started Jeff's story, it drives Star in the story crazy too. Yeah, it's his given name but no one calls him that. She does it with everyone's names. Bridge hates being called Bridgette but Rosamund calls her that. She's really not right in the head.
Thank you so much for the kind words again and thank you for reading!
Yeah, I had thought you wrote ahead of time. A true romance, even in game....tough to come by. :) I also had wondered if you just saved the family to the bin and then plopped them somewhere else. I hadn't thought about saving them elsewhere, too. It's brilliant!
DeleteOh, it makes sense that you switch in & out of households to do that. I've always heard the game can get really corrupt doing that, so I have actually never tried that. I now know two people who do that often and it doesn't seem to be a problem. So, when I'm not playing my wishacy (that would be cheating), I will definitely try it out!
I think it is funny when we pose our people to make them stay put. I always worry, though, that they'll just jump up and keep going. "Screw you, creator!" LOL!
I'll read anything you do, girl! Now, I'm off to read some more of Jeff's story!
Oh, and I forgot to mention that you are my hero when it comes to dialogue! That is a HUGE downfall for me. I'm not good at it, but reading yours plus I've been researching writing dialogue, too. I found a nice little website with 10 pointers that made me think I might be able to do better. So, thanks!
DeleteWell, the save game I was using for Bridge's last chapters is a little glitchy so that might be why. I had actually never heard that could cause problems. I have so many backups of stuff that if one of my saves go corrupt, I just replace it.
DeleteI actually had some sims stop posing. One was Bridge (she's such a troublemaker sometimes). :)
Aww. Thank you! I hope you enjoy Jeff's story. I need to post another chapter but I'm trying to finalize the heir vote and Carson's character study.
I'm a talker (if you can't tell by how long my responses can be) so for me, I love writing dialogue. I also try to envision what the characters would say to the other which knowing the character really helps me; that's why I rely heavily now on character studies. It's the thoughts that get me. I'd rather have them speak then think. Hahaha! Oh and love scenes. Can't stand writing them. It got a little easier with Carson and Bridge but it was horrible with Chuck and Amanda. Ugh!
Reading other people's stories helps so much! It's amazing what I pick up and learn from reading others stories. If reading my story has helped you, I'm honored and glad. Thanks so much for the kind words!
So...I have chills. You are an amazing writer and give me so much strength to write my story the way I want it. I'm sure it was hard for you to write that last chapter, knowing how attached your readers are to the characters. JEEZUS!
ReplyDeleteSidenote: Now, I'm listening to Celine Dion...at work. #idontcare
*blushes* That's very sweet of you to say. Thank you. The reason I had the courage to do something like this was because I read other stories where other writers wrote their stories the way the wanted. It's very much a trust thing, I think. I mean, I think by now it's obvious that I like to write more uplifting stories but that isn't real life. I'm a firm believer that the trials in our life define us and even though things can get pretty messy, we have the possibility of being a better person once we emerge from the chaos. The next generation needed a push to get the story to the next place and there were very limited possibilities to do it.
DeleteThere were moments when I was typing the words and I had tears pouring down my face. Part of that was the fact that it was the end of the generation, some of it was that it was a kind of goodbye to Carson, and then there was that I was really trying to get into Bridge's head about what she would be feeling. And then there was the songs! I love when songs fit so perfectly but they really made me bawl.
Hahaha! I've been listening to her for the last month and a half. I mean. 41 number one hits, 220 million albums sold, 5 grammys, 2 oscars. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a fan. What kills me, is she sounds better live. That just doesn't happen. Anyway, didn't mean to get on a Celine Dion rant. . .XD
Thank you so much for reading and commenting! I'm glad you liked Carson so much!
Okay oh my this time they were happy and sad tears, I'm glad that Carson was there to take her through the pearly gates and that they're still going to be together even in death. Send a few boxes of tissues please. I love that she felt Carson with her through all those years, with every milestone that the children reached and I'm sad to see them both gone. I remember the first heir vote for when Bridge became the heir and through all her years, growing in to the person she became and Carson always being a part of that, even now the pictures are going through my mind, playing like a movie ~ at the moment I have their wedding day in my mind. The strong bond and love they had for each other and the love that they passed on to their children and people around them. How well matched they are because of and I guess in spite of them being complete opposites but that worked for them and it shows you what love is and what love can give you.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if there is awards for these legacy stories but if there is someone please send me a link because Sandy, this is going on it.
Truly you are amazing and I will try to wait patiently for George's story.
I love Celine Dion too and I love how you add in music with your story chapters it gives them even more of an emotional pull.
Goodbye and R.I.P Carson and Bridge ~ You will greatly be missed.
I am massively blushing right now. Thank you so, so much for the kind words!
Delete*hands you more tissues* He said in the previous chapter that he would always be with her and he meant it.
Carson is most definitely the reason that Bridge is the woman she became. Your partner should make you a better version of who you are and that's what Carson did for her. They were a perfect compliment to the other.
I'm glad you enjoyed reading it! I'm flattered that you feel that way about the Hobble Legacy. *blushes*
You won't have to wait long for George. His story will begin on Monday and I'm really excited for it to start!
Music helps me write the characters and for their situations. I sometimes include it in the chapter, especially if it's a crucial element to the chapter. These last two were so intertwined with the songs that I had to include them. Every character has a song that inspires who they are and I listen to that song when I write their thoughts or words. Helps me get into their head. I'm still listening to Celine! I've become obsessed at this point. I had forgotten how amazing she is! I need to go to Vegas and see her concert!
:*( I really, really miss him.
I think it's so funny you talk about the songs! I literally have been using songs as titles for almost all the chapter for Gen 3. Either the emotion or a particular lyric inspired me through the writing of that chapter. lol OMG I think I've found my twin!
DeleteOff to go listen to Radioactive for the 10th time!
I couldn't write half the things I do without music. It's just too connected to the story and characters for me. :) I'm constantly listening to music.
DeleteI listen to the same songs over and over again. :)
I'm also like that with music and writing plus it gets you to tune in to the right feeling you want for a particular scene. Yeah he did and is and I miss him loads too.
ReplyDeleteExactly! =D It helps me feel what I need to for a particular situation or chapter.
DeleteOMG, are you trying to make this harder :( I'm now swallowing back the tears here but it was a great chapter
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm sorry it was so sad for you. I had hoped this would make people feel better since they were together again. :)
DeleteThanks for reading and commenting, Lckygrl!
I am crying like a baby.
ReplyDeleteThis was so honestly written. Great job with it. :)
Oh, wow! Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!
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