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  1. Parker Owens
    I'm you could see it all. Thank you for reading and enjoying this.
  2. Parker Owens
    Thank you, Gary. Happy Valentines Day.
  3. Parker Owens
    Is love so like the river's course, unswayed, unturning from its stead where weather and the mountains led that fate and gravity endorse? Does love meander, sprawl and spread, with oxbow broad upon the plain, which changes with the pelting rain to flood and find a newer bed? Might granite face or old moraine guide all our living as it flows from springs where inspiration grows to giggle in the brook's refrain? Is love the canyon, deep and close where ardor's sh
  4. Parker Owens
    Thank you Myr. This will help me explore and catch up more easily.
  5. Parker Owens
    I suspect that the huge number of empty pews in churches all over the world is the picture of church is being held accountable, just as you say. So many religious leaders turned away from the love that ought to be Christianity’s central message; as a result, many can no longer hear the voices of those who still choose that love. The tragedy of Stanley and Jamie is just one of many. Thanks again.
  6. Parker Owens
    You make some excellent points. I never even thought of Lolita; that’s a great connection to make. I think most catholic priests are serious and sincere in responding to what they perceive as their call. But how difficult it must be to have that thrust upon you.
  7. Parker Owens
    Oh dear. Dies Irae, and all that. Poor Jamie.
  8. Parker Owens
    You and I shared similar thoughts. And I am grateful that you’d like to see more of this story. I doubt it can end well, though. Thanks so much.
  9. Parker Owens
    Thank you very much; I am grateful that you read the story. I went as far as I could in 1500 words. Now, Jamie and Stanley will have to see what to do for themselves. Again, thank you.
  10. Parker Owens
    It is a sad story, and one which could be repeated in many times and places. I am grateful that you think it beautiful. I thought about more, but ran out of words...
  11. Parker Owens
    So much could happen that is full of hurt for so many parties in this story. It makes one wonder how Stanley and Fr James will manage to coexist in the same town. Transferring out of the neighborhood parish is unthinkable for Stanley; there’s too much tribalism at stake. And Fr James’ Bishop is unlikely to hear a request to move very kindly, either. Thanks for your excellent comments, and for noting my Stanley Kowalski faux pas. I have a bit of egg on my face.
  12. Parker Owens
    There are indeed many ways this could go, and not many of them are happy. But at least Jamie and Stanley have a small chance to heal a little. Possibly. And yes, you divined the source of Stanley’s distraction at mass. Thank you so very much for your kind words. They are most encouraging.
  13. Parker Owens
    Thank you molly. And I’m glad you brought up Maura, for she could so easily be hurt, and she doesn’t deserve that, either. Jared and Mark have a brighter outlook, you’re right. I don’t think they allow recording devices in the confessional; besides there was a 1500 word limit. What a pity. Thank you again for reading and for your thoughts.
  14. Parker Owens
    Thank you for reading this, and for your comments. No, there is no easy choice for Stanley or Father James. Their love was real and true, but truncated far too soon. Perhaps they will use their reestablished connection to heal, at least a little.
  15. Parker Owens
    I am sorry you wept; I was tempted to do so, myself as I typed. Yes. Being inside that confessional would be very interesting. Thank you for reading and for your comments.
  16. Parker Owens
    Thank you for reading, Dugh. Your comments made me blush. Perhaps as men they can try to heal a bit together.
  17. Parker Owens
    It was very sad, both to write and to read. It didn’t start out to be a tragedy, but stories get away from me, sometimes. These boys had a love that should have warmed a cold rust belt city. Instead, they were parted, unfairly. I’m glad fewer kids are subject to such dire consequences for love. Thank you for reading and for your comments.
  18. Parker Owens
    Thank you, Gary for reading this, and for your heartfelt response. I would grieve to drag anyone through hurtful memories; this story did something of that for me, and am sorry this may have done so for you. So much of this story is bleak - the season, the landscape, the tragedy and the aftermath - and it seems to hold true for generations of men in their places and times. It is still true today. In some way, I hoped to look at sin in this story. Who sinned? And whose was greater? And where is absolution and hope in this? No answers in 1500 words. Just questions. Thank you also for bringing Stanley Kowalski to my attention. I missed that entirely. I laughed, and blushed with embarrassment. Thanks for your comments and for reading.
  19. Parker Owens
    I suspect it would be one part confession and nine parts conversation. And I really wonder about who would be confessing what to whom. You make an excellent point.
  20. Parker Owens
    Yes. He might. It’s possible he considered it.
  21. Parker Owens
    Both men are cast into roles - priest or parent - which neither really understood or properly chose. I surely hope Jamie kept his hands off the altar boys...I’d like to think he did. Stanley is perhaps living a greater lie, though a safer one. I did look for an HEA, really. I couldn’t find one. Yet.
  22. Parker Owens
    Yes. Definitely. Thank you for reading this story, and for your comments.
  23. Parker Owens
    Carlos, your comments were so generous and kind, thank you. You recognized the geography right away, I am glad of that. The landscape, the colors of winter - all subtle, as must be the lives of the adult Stanley and Jamie. Tragic that as boys, they couldn’t be subtle enough...but boys aren’t always that way, are they?
  24. Parker Owens
    I am sorry you wept. It was indeed a tragedy, and one that is probably very familiar to generations of men. But maybe there is a bit of hope; at least as men they can talk about it. Finally. Thank you for reading this, and for your astute commentary.
  25. Parker Owens
    Wanting someone you cannot have may turn you inside out, unrecognizable to oneself. For Stanley and Jamie, that may have happened.
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