#sandy beech

[lasudio]

VeronaHills, Round Sixteen: Beech (Beach)

One second Hamilton was being bitten by a crab; the next, Sandy said she was feeling faint.

All they'd been doing was playing on the beach with Brady. The sun's rays were being undercut by the aura of autumn, so it wasn't even hot. Hamilton had risen early to make pancakes and roused Sandy just in time to watch the sunrise over the sea from the back porch. She'd eaten a good breakfast, been in the fresh air. They way her body dropped, too fast for Hamilton to catch her - it just wasn't right.

Paramedics pounded from the street to the sand, sliding and lurching with their equipment. They didn't glide like Sandy did, confident and upright on her natural namesake, her head raised to catch the sun. In the worst moment of Hamilton's life (as though losing mum tenfold), Sandy was pronounced dead right there on the beach.

In a heartrendingly touching gesture, Scot named the main character in his self-published childrens book 'Oyster World' after his mother-in-law. The dedication inside the front cover read: "For Quinn, who will always have company on the beach with nana Sandy". It was difficult to explain to the little girl why she couldn't make sandcastles with nana anymore - it was a difficult time overall, to say the least.

Virginia made sure to not avoid the beach, or the spot where it happened. It would break mum's heart if she stopped being a Bikini Babe (their own personal joke).

With the ashes out to sea per Sandy's wishes, the tide would push and pull and always bring her back to them.

[natteryaktoad]

Beech, Day 3, Part 4

Rocky: So I can go places by myself now, right?

Delta: Nooo! You have to count in three! Don't you know anything?

Sandy: So maybe when the guests are gone, we could head up to bed and-

Hamilton: Sounds good - I'm shattered.

Sandy: That's not what I meant...

Hamilton: So it was a productive day on the campaign...

Buck and River spent most of the party playing chess.

Later, their dads came to collect them just as the party was ending, and the boys were just leaving, so they took over the chess game.

This is not how Sandy had planned her evening ending up - feeding the baby whilst Hamilton sleeps.

Shelly was still crying after she'd been fed and changed, so Sandy gave her a bath in case her hygiene was low, then put her to bed in case it was her energy that was bothering her.

Maybe if she gets in better shape Hamilton will actually want to spend time with her. And as a back up plan, it will make her more attractive to other guys...

[widespot]

Okay, that was just what he needed to get through the homework.

Hamilton decides it's time for another party. (When is it not?) Wallys figures a cup of espresso will keep him from conking out too early.

"Come and get it, y'all!"

Virginia is full of the show she's working on, and it doesn't escape Wallys's notice that Dawn hangs on her every word. "Yea, I'm the third astronaut, the one who fights the alien with the wrench and screams: "Mayday" as I spiral off into space. Not much screentime, but I can sink my teeth into it."

Let's try this again, Sandy thinks. "So you're down with the plan to move back in here?" "It seems very economical, and I can take over the housework while you're in the store. Or I can help with the store." "Don't you have ambitions of your own?" "Not the sort that other people think of as ambitions."

"Watch out! You saw what I can do earlier today!" "Yeah, but I don't have a bum knee." "You two watch out! This oven's hot!"

Yup. The party is still hearty in this old bod.

"I was thinking - a memoir of mama would be a good thing, wouldn't it?" "…Surely that'd be primarily of local interest." "Nothing wrong with local interest. She did a lot for this town - she should be remembered!"

[vladora-sims]

I noticed the stairs in the Smith house were angry and stinky and also there was a puddle underneath them.  So I deleted them and found... Sandy Beech?  What’re you doin’ back there, Sandy?  You silly old lady!

[madman-of-amargosa]

Ham and Sandy are very devoted to each other, and very much in love.  It kinda makes me wonder what led to Sandy’s indiscretion.

It’s a good thing that Ham is oblivious to the fact that his namesake looks like a carbon copy of Rhett Hart.

[saralynnx]

Hamilton’s home from work for the day, and he knows. You can just tell. Just look at him. To be fair, he always looks like that though.

Luckily, Sandy had the right idea to take a nap at that moment to avoid facing her husband’s wrath.

[profesionalpartyguest]

i just checked his wants and ummm yeah he doesn't want ANY INVOLVEMENT with his two kids

[asimplevampire]

so it begins

the unholy tyranny of ">TALK THROUGH"