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Strong Willed, Grows At It's Own Pace, Part Fifteen

She revamped the interior of one of these old buildings, then used it as a shop to make all of her home made arts and crafts projects, then marketed and sold them. Much as she had done in her younger years from home. Only now on a much larger and bigger scale! She sold from her own website or online business now too. This paid for the small manufactured home she had shipped there, and a place for family or friends to come visit and stay too. Her sisters loved it! They even brought her housewarming gifts and helped her decorate, it was loads of fun for the whole family. She guessed where ever the old man's spirit was now it was smiling. Her family from his side came too from time to time, to appraise her works there and tell how proud her father would have been and how proud they all were too. She bought some cats, and a couple dogs. Even started the idea of dating someone she was looking for just her right soul mate online all the time. One of these days she knows she'll find him too, then her future life's path will have been completed with her very own family and home. She had come just about full circle, and knew she could most likely handle anything now. Perhaps even marriage!! Yet, that is a whole other story, all together now isn't.
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Strong Willed, Grows At It's Own Pace, Part Fourteen

Nellie Piper could tell Mary Lou was just a bit uncomfortable with all of this and that was understandable, so she kept most of all this to herself. She decided not to observe there Birthdays this didn't seem quite her place somehow because of the big age differences. There interests being so very different in life. They still observed hers however, with a card and a letter. She guessed that her biggest fear with them was she would eventually say they considered wrong or disrespectful, and they wouldn't want to ever see her or even write another letter again. Mary Lou and her step-Dad Frank had brought her up in a much different sort of household, in a much different sort of life. She was allowed to believe she lived in America the home of the brave and the free, that meant you were allowed to be brave to believe in whatever you did or didn't want to and to be equal with the men and hero's in this life, after all you were the one's fought for and served so you had must be fairly pretty valuable and important there yourselves,right. It wasn't her fault she was so different from this other family, it's just all she has ever known. They knew better then to talk off hand about the family who had raised her though too, this cut her and hurt her more than anything else could. It just simply wasn't allowed. They never really did either, they were really fairly respectful and decent people from what all she could tell now. She was sure this is what time and years of learning or lessons learned had done for them, they were not perfect people. They had been taught to be more thankful, gracious, and just a bit kinder. This was not lessons learned easily either. Perhaps they believed there was no way such a young woman could possibly know that much or understand without sacrifices, but she had sacrificed not exactly what they had no. Yet, to her own level of living in this life she had done her share and then some. When they knew of all the things she had done they did begin to warm up even more towards her, but not before this. That's how she knew she was correct in the type of folks they were. She went out daily now to work on this old piece land, and care and do upkeep projects her Father had been unable to do himself, she would see it through for him now. It was very healing and good therapy for her. The emptiness in her heart and spirit were healing. For although he was never a part in her life or much of anything really. The time they had spent she learned much from him and who he was. Plus, in fact he would always be in history her blood father. That's just the way life was, she could never use her strong willfulness to just magically "will" her step-Dad into being this for her. No matter how much more easy and convenient this may have seemed for her than the realities of this life, she did not nor would she ever posses these sorts of powers. Still there bond was a very close and strong one and could never be broken, he did raise her as a Daughter still after all.

Strong Willed, Grows At It's Own Pace, Part Thirteen

They were such a very different generation with so many different views of things and ways of doing things and believing. For one thing she knew that they were a strong Catholic family and Nellie Piper really wanted nothing to do with religion at all, she was spiritual person not a religious one at all. Then there were the old political or patriot beliefs. Nellie Piper was non-partisan and really liked it this way! She did not care for completely, any one of the parties views yet combined together as a whole they made a bit more sense to her. She also loved the idea of universal healthcare, something this family didn't care for much. Her Grandparents did not believe in birth control or sex without marriage, they grew there own produce mostly, and Grandma sewed allot, Grandpa still plowed the fields. It was like the 1800's almost with there household, really. They had never even owned a computer or a printer, she wasn't sure if they had a DVD player either. They did have running water in the house, electricity, and a landline phone. Of course like most of there neighbors and family, friends. They used wood heat in the winter. Nellie Piper was used to this and it seemed one of the few things they did have in common. She was just glad to take the things they shared in common, and leave the rest out. She did like to do some needlework and home made crafts like her Grandma too, and they both loved cats. Her Grandma was also fairly wise about healthy eating which had always interested Nellie Piper as well. They endedup sharing so very many things in common. Yet Nellie Piper's taste in music,fashion and beauty, these things were much different too. So whatever they could share was considered rare special and unique, a gift to be treasured amoung them. They both enjoyed picture taking or nature photography and letter writing. So they became wonderful pen pals. They wrote at least one or more letters a month to each other, and every Birthday and holidays too!

Strong Willed, Grows At It's Own Pace, Part Twelve

There was something different about Grandpa that was made very clear to Nellie Piper. He was well known to be a bit of a bully or a big tease, and boarder line on highly judgmental and controlling. Now, she had been on a few visits with her "father" and Carrie Sunshine. She had been surprised, and overcome by emotions, she felt for this man who looked so thin and pale he was very sick indeed. He couldn't hold a conversation very long only a few minutes at a time his medications wouldn't allow it. She asked him for as much information as he could give her about how best to care for his place and she wrote it all down as he told her. Right by his hospital bed, this was the only time they were to ever know of together at all in this life. When he did pass away, she met all her cousin's and there children, there was many children there too! Plus, her two wonderfully loving Aunt's/Grandma's and Uncle's/Grandpa's. Then, the Great-Grandma and Grandpa themselves. A fairly large family really. Yet, still not half as many as what she had grown up with on her step Dad's side. Many more Aunt's and Uncle's and cousins there! This seemed very tiny when she thought of it. This family would most likely be much closer with each other because of this too, however. Only a few members of the family came over to her to offer there condolences, and to say what a great son and brother her father had been to them. None of her cousins knew him, so they had nothing much to say. They wanted to see her again and get to know each other, they did say however. Great-Grandma invited her over for Sunday pancakes they did this every Sunday, Grandpa made them. She said it sounded just wonderful and she would come someday soon, not alone however she thought to herself as she shot the very tall and big old man a look. He did look hard and mean, yet sort of like a giant clown somehow too. It was strange. Her Grandma could have been her much older twin sister. She knew she took after her the most of anyone in this family she had met in looks.

Strong Willed, Grows At It's Own Pace, Part Eleven

What they came up with on him was pretty interesting, but not all good. He had moved around allot, had been honorably discharged from the army before finishing boot camp. For medical reason's, he knew allot about many things a sort of student of life. Yet, never applied it to much of anything steady for very long a period of time. He had a severe mental illness that he took medication for, and was stable now a days. He owed quite a large amount of unpaied taxes,that were covered by the government since he had been in a steady program with them since his young years of being discharged. They still assisted him, his land was able to be purchased via government bonds. Since there were old historic or government owned buildings on it. To be able medically to keep up this land and buildings, there was a medical program through the government that was helping him now because of his mental and physical hardships now. So, his money worries were all cared for, either through his family members or the government. Nellie Piper was a bit curious about his family too she must admit. Yet a bit leery of them at the same time.She had heard some very not so great things about them. Yet she also had to consider the source. Something inside her gut however, perhaps woman's intuition told her they were indeed all very true. She made up her mind she would never see them without one of her sisters , or at least somebody at phone calls distance to come pick her up. They were know to be a very dangerous and powerful family. They had what is known as old world money and many friends who worked for them. They owned quite a large piece of land and always would, of this she was certain. Not all of her family members lived on or near this land, they had places of there own now. None of her cousin's her own age lived there, nor did any of them want to. One Aunt & Uncle also wanted nothing to do with this place at all. Only one of there children an Aunt of Nellie Piper's did, her Aunt,and her husband, and there children and grandchildren. That was more than plenty enough for them to have living there with them.