Last Girl Let Down

So what happened? Did Harriet hook up with Mark Twain and live Happily Ever After? Did Courtney go home to her Alzheimer's ridden husband? Did Anna the Writer connect with her old friends who turned out to be her only friends? Ever? And why did she go on the trip if she didn't like Baby? Why would Harriet not get on with her life after the death of Jefferson? Why would she blame Baby for so long? Why would she choose to live vicariously through Baby and not grow on her own? As proud as I was of her for telling Jefferson how she felt, I am saddened by her inability to get past it. Baby did. She did not love him. She knew it. She moved on. Despite Caroline's lump, she was truly the only one who was happy, as arduous as her life had been. She had earned her happiness.

A problem many men have is their inability to get past a harrowing love affair. Get over it and go on, for Christ sake. Would it not prove more fruitful to show your strength? Show you've got what it takes to live your life to its fullest? To make a difference? So many choose to show cowardice through suicide or, even worse, immobility. Women just live. They nurture. They survive. They try with all their might. When it's over, it's over. They know it. They move on. They ruminate for the sake of learning and growing their emotions. They do not brood. They know how to cry and cleanse themselves of the losses while keeping the good and building from there. They become.