The Key To The Universe: Lost Lizzy
by Diamond Sutherland
STEEMIT EDITION
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Author's Note: Each post is a journal entry from one of the two primary characters George Carnegie and Elizabeth Sinclair.
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Dearest Lizzy,
It is official my world ends tomorrow – my parents are coming to visit. I do not think I ever said thank you for being a buffer between my father and I. All of the time we spent together, my pride prevented me from talking about what I went through to become the man you love.
We have never discussed happened when I decided to go to the Naval Academy. At 25 years old, I was done with my doctorate and ready for something more. The conversation with my parents was not pleasant.
My father was quite distraught, due to the clash of our culture believing in the diplomatic solution versus his son joining the military. I knew at the time that my track was science officer and was toying around with the notion of teaching, further down the road.
My father did not understand why I could not do all those things as a private citizen. Yes, I could have done that and more. My inner--self was pushing hard for this path.
Following my instincts almost destroyed my parents’ marriage. My mother, with all her human traits, told my father to go to hell. She moved from their Paris home and into an apartment in Annapolis. My father cut--off my trust fund. Being the great mother that she is, I always had (her words) “pocket money.”
For the first few months, I questioned if I had made the correct decision. One weekend, while staying with my mother, I advised her that I would understand should she choose to leave me and go home to father. My mother is a strong and proud woman – “No. I can wait for him to come to the conclusion he is being irrational and petty.”
Three years, she waited and is the reason I never give up on any path I choose to take. Father apologize, but did not come to my graduation. You were not even born when I was going through all of this. However, I am sure you would have been proud of me for staying my course.
Your loving husband,
George
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