Regrets
Dear Thelma,
I never regretted a single moment of our final weekend. Although things derailed in a way we never imagined, I think it taught us what we were capable of and the power we never knew we had in our lives. Who'd have ever thought we'd become such independent renegades in only a matter of days? I saw you evolve into a strong woman who no longer let your husband take the reins, and I am so proud of you for that. And I know that after everything we endured, it seemed like giving up to stop and let those men take control of us again. Our lives would have never been the same (jail was on the horizon, I'd guess). But part of me feels that just as we'd found out barrings in this world, we ended our time in it. You told me on that trip that you'd never felt so awake as you did then. I know that the way things played out, we would have never been able to be so "awake" as we were then, but I can't help but wonder what kinds of great things could have laid before us. It seems like only an impossible chance that we could have gotten out of trouble, but finding ourselves, taking risks, and grabbing life by the horns instilled a huge sense of hope and wonder in me, and it's nagged me ever since. Besides, think of all the men we could have screwed with! I'll always love you, partner in crime.
-Louise