2087, Lind family Christmas (picspam)

December 2087. Nathan Lind is 38, Ally is 33, Bianca is 10, Julia is 8, Topher is 2. Brady Lind is 73, Meadow is 72. Aurora Harris is 42, Zach is 9, Rebecca is 4.

previously: return to dust, part 2 // part 3

It’s winter break, and the Lind girls enjoy the beautiful snowy countryside at home in Copper Hill, Michigan.

postcards from (probably not) your biggest mistake

November - December 2087.

#1: you're not my husband  

Aurora Harris met Clark Beech, as romantic as this sounds, when he stopped by to talk to her about her taxes. 

She wasn't aiming for a romance, of course. 

Joel has been gone for a little over two years now. Sometimes she still imagines herself waiting for him to come home from deployment, when in fact the war is long over and everyone has been home from even the furthest reaches for years. Two years for a grieving widow is not that much time, she reminds herself. But when Clark asked her out on a date, she felt compelled to give him a shot. As friends, to start. She’d like to go out with him as a very handsome friend. 

And, ugh, admitting that she found him so handsome made her feel like a cheating trollop. She would have to get used to that feeling eventually, unless she wanted to be alone for the rest of her years. At barely 42 years old, that could end up being a long time.  

return to dust, part 3

October 2086. Zach Harris is 8, Nathan Lind is 36, Keri Riley is 25, Dominique Beech is 27, Samir Peroit is 31, Amaya Hadley is 8. 


"Can we stay out a little longer? Can we please, Uncle Nate?"

How do you say no to that face? Zach looked up to Nathan with the kind of ravenous hope in his eyes that suggested he hadn't had any fun in precisely one year and fourteen days, which was likely true. Night was Nathan's favorite time in the city, too, when everything became so vibrant and exciting. So he said yes.

"What do you wanna do? See the street performers? Buy some sparklers?"

In the end, they decided to do it all.

return to dust, part 2

October 2086. Aurora Harris is 40, Zach is 9, Rebecca is 3. Meadow Lind is 71, Brady is 72. Clarice Miller is 40. 


The story of how Aurora ended up in California with the kids was a complicated story. If she had to summarize it, it would be that she ran and ran until she hit the ocean and could go no further, contemplating whether she should just keep walking out into the sea. No, she decided, she would not walk out into the sea. She had children to raise for fifteen more years. The sea could come for her later.

Of course, there were a few more steps between that moment and now.

obituary: Joel Harris

Commemorating the first anniversary of his death. 

Joel Harris: December 14, 2041 to September 19, 2085. He was 43 years old. 

it's your day: Rebecca

September 29, 2086. Aurora Harris is 40, Zach is 9. Meadow Lind is 71, Brady is 72. Happy 3rd birthday, Rebecca Harris.


A year later, Aurora still had nightmares about the explosions. She saw some of them with her own eyes, large enough, close enough, that they looked like big orange stars, wanna-be suns. Pop, they would go, and people would gasp because they knew it had been a ship full of human lives. Almost everyone knew someone up there, a brother, a daughter, a husband. And all they could do was to stand underneath them in terror. Helpless.

There was a choice—try to fight back even though our troops were too weak and too primitive to stand a chance against the alien technology, knowing that we wouldn't win on our own, or else don't fight and let them suffocate the planet. Of course, we fought.

That was how he died.

Aurora didn’t see his exact explosion, probably. The command center was able to pinpoint the last known location of his ship and the moment they lost contact. He was entering the atmosphere somewhere above Mongolia. She couldn’t have possibly seen that from Michigan. The explosion she saw was someone else’s brother or daughter or husband. There were so many.

Most of the bodies could never be recovered. They had splintered into dust. So they sent the families an urn full of moon dust instead, along with their loved one’s personal belongings from base, and a folded flag.

where we left off with the Lind/Harris family

This week, I am revisiting some old old stories (some that are eight years old, OMG!) on Tumblr from the Lind/Harris family, because this family will be featured heavily in the coming chapters. For those who don't frequent Tumblr, I'll just link directly to the relevant updates in case you want to refresh your memory.

I never blogged about these sims while I was playing TS3, so nothing was changed or missed between their TS2 lives and where they will pick up in TS4. It's like they just took a long eight-year nap but only progressed about two years in time, lol! So these posts will be a little refresher for me, for everyone, and a summary for those who may not have read TS2 Lakeside Heights.  

Aurora

Aurora Spring (Lind) Harris “Rory”

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age: 41
born: December 1, 2045 — Sagittarius

toddler trait: charmer
child aspiration: social, achieved
aspiration 1: TS2 pleasure/20 first dates (complete!)
aspiration 2: creativity/writing
aspiration 3: family/?
traits: alluring, socially gifted, bookworm, outgoing, slob, creative visionary, observant, great kisser (curious, insightful)
values: mediator, compassionate
MBTI:

religion:
politics:

loves:
hates:

education:
- Lakeside Heights High School, class of 2064
- Sim State University, class of 2068 (Literature)
career:
- freelancer, writer
- novelist (genre: literary/mainstream/stories
career history:
- Guest Lecturer, English and Literature, Lake City University, 2083-2085
skilled at:

wanted to be when he/she was a child:

orientation: straight
IFS:

romance:
- single/widowed
romantic history:
- Joel Harris: together 2058-2059, split for college, together again 2067, married September 2074, widowed September 2085
- Blake Miller: a little bit of kissing, 2064-2065
- various first dates in high school and college

parents: Meadow and Brady Lind
siblings: Nathan Lind
children: Zachary Harris, Rebecca Harris
grandchildren: --
friendships:
enemies:

DNA:
weight:
fitness:

health history:

legal history:


publication history:

Baby Envy, Baby, 2077
genre: stories/essays
reviews: promising, "beautiful and tragic stories of domestic bliss and hilarious failure"
Five hilarious essays about the great quest for motherhood, the spectacular failure, the baby-making sex, the desperation, the prize glory.

It Could Be Worse, 2082
genre: stories/essays
reviews: favorable, “smart and tragically funny tales of love and heartbreak.”
Jealousy and mistrust and the crazy things we do when we're feeling insecure.

working title: Stories About You, unpublished
genre: stories/essays
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