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Patricia Reding
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Traditions and Futures
Traditions become more valuable to me as the years go one. At the same time, I appreciate new and innovative things more all the time. These two competing phenomena show up when I write. I frequently find that my characters begin as their true (traditional) selves, but they change, through circumstances, and over time. That is, a character created for a specific purpose, takes on a life of his/her own. Here I enjoyed spending time with the twins. Each is discovering, bit by bit, who she is. I think that at times, the traditions we practice, help to define who we are, while at other times, they hold us back from finding the person we might become. As Eden mentions, people often discover things they want to do, or to be, when they come face to face with something they come to realize they do not want to do, or to be. What past traditions have helped you discover new revelations about yourself? What traditions have you acknowledged, that you have now outgrown? Is this the year you create a new one? Do share!
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They directed their horses around another bend in the pathway. Soon they came upon a village. Laughing children and barking dogs ran about. Nearby, laborers pulled a grain-filled wagon into a barn. Its open doors revealed a threshing room floor where several people stood about, brushing chaff from their clothing.
The twins passed through without incident.
“Do we even know where we’re going?” Reigna asked.
Eden grinned. “Do you remember when we went to the City of Light that time? I recall a little girl who spoke to Mara that day at sanctuary. She told Mara that she might want to be an Oathtaker when she grew up. She asked if that was a good decision. Mara told her that while she was young, she should try doing many and varied things. She said that sometimes, when someone is young, it’s just as important for her to learn what she doesn’t want to do for the rest of her life, as to determine what it is that she does want to do.”
Reigna glanced her sister’s way. “Hmmm. What made you think of that?”
“I was just thinking that for now we don’t know where we’re headed or where we want to go. All we know is where we don’t want to go. To the compound.”
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