Hopeless Wanderer - Comments

Such an awesome story! Loved it from start to finish!

Glad Carrie's walls are finally crumbling. Love is scary but oh so worth it!!

Loved it!!!

These types of chapters give a story layers and depth!!! Loved it!!

This chapter did have some holes like you said, but I'm glad to see an update. I love these two together and I can't wait to see the direction you take them. Hopefully it's together!

Love it! Cant wait for the next chapter!

She's right, it's helpful to be active and involved in something that isn't mourning, to help one move forward. She's not going to forget but the pain will be dulled a bit as time goes by. Or at least most of the time it gets scabbed over. Not to say there won't be instances of pain and hurt because there most likely will be. People who suffer pain like that don't tend to forget it. We as a species wouldn't live very long if we forgot about things that hurt us badly, be it physically or not. Grief that strong is actually a very physical grief, it can be so strong.

OTOH, in defense of her nosy and pushy family, at least they're willing to talk about it. Perhaps it's because her husband died too; in my experience, mostly people try to ignore dead babies after the fact. I mean, yeah, they were sorry it happened and all but most people get over someone else's loss of a child because that baby wasn't really real to anyone other than the parents for the most part. And in response, others expect that the parent(s) to get over it fast because they are. It's like people put a timeline on grief and depth of loss and in general people have a hard time relating sometimes because they've never been there.

Talking about dead babies is super awkward. We don't in our society. it's just something people don't want to talk about because they want to pretend it doesn't happen and won't happen.

It's very lonely to grieve knowing that even most of your loved ones think you need to be over your grief or get over it fast and move on with your life because they have and it's a bummer to be around sad people. It's both painful yet rewarding when people do bring loss up or are willing to listen after the fact because it helps to talk it over. There's solace to be found in sharing. IME, some of the best support and grief work is done talking to other people who've been through something similar. I've talked to women who have lost one, two, even more babies. From early miscarriages to premature births to stillborns to the loss of an infant or toddler. It sucks beyond description. The dead baby club is a horrible horrible thing to become part of. But there's something to be had in being together with people who know viscerally how much it sucks. And it's helpful a few months out, a few years out. I've spoken to people whose losses are decades out and I think they feel a similar relief knowing that someone is hearing their pain and not just wanting them and their sad story to go away. Listening is a hard skill, especially when it comes to difficult and painful subjects.

More than you probably wanted to know, I'm sure. But I hope Carrie can talk these things through with Sidney or someone else. I would bet you that among the WAGs, perhaps even Natalie lemieux, the other women who work for the club there are others who've gone through something similar and have been still silently grieving for months and years, even decades.

They are so cute and supportive of each other!!

I was so happy to see this update. It was a great chapter. I'm glad they can be there to support each other.

I just found this story and I love it. I'm only sad that I'm all caught up and have no more to read right now. Can't wait for you to update.

This was really sweet and really hot!

I'm excited for them. I hope Sid tells Carrie what he wants and I hope Carrie is in a place to want that too.

Can't wait for more!

Hot Tamale❤️

I'm obsessed... Please update soon!!!!

I just found this story and read the whole thing! I love it. Sid and Carrie are so great together and I love that they have waited. That being said, I am really excited for the next chapter.

Aw, Sid! So sweet and thoughtful. Really excited for the next chapter!

You and your cliffhangers:)!!

So happy for them. I know there will have challenges but I really do think they make a great pair.

I'm hoping next chapter picks-up for Sid and Carrie right where this one left off ;)

Beautiful!!!!

I loved this chapter. I'm so excited for them!

I had to read this chapter twice. Once racing through and the next time savoring every scene.