1.30 I hope you'll be happy

Jo was a rather frequent visitor from now on. He seemed to make sure that nothing happened without him knowing about it. And even though he never said a single word, Anna knew what he felt. She could see it in his eyes. Nobody noticed him, besides her.

And she sometimes was glad it was this way. They had become a wonderful family, completed by Benjamin, and she wondered what would happen if Jo somehow came back into their lives. It was hard to predict how the children would react, but it definitely would make things much more complicated. And she didn’t want to risk that, which is why she never told anybody about the late visits from the afterworld.

The only one who didn’t seem happy was Beth. Now that she was a teenager, she had hoped to catch up with her older siblings, but she was never fully accepted. Birdy and Britney were an item – at least when Birdy was not around Sandra, which actually happened a lot –, and there was no third person fitting in. Billy had found many friends in school and was quite popular. That left Beth alone, in her room, playing some dull games on the computer or reading a book. Her time would come, she knew that. 

Besides everything that was going on, Anna and Benjamin still made sure they had time for themselves. Of course, Benjamin had noticed that his wife had been tenser within the last few weeks, but when he addressed that problem, she laughed and kissed him.  Everything was fine.

In fact, everything was really fine for her. Even though those visits confused her sometimes, she had a wonderful life and nothing to complain about. Every day was filled with excitement and fun, and she couldn’t believe her children were grown up enough to start their lives, as well, independent from hers. 

Sometimes she still felt like a child, and she just hoped her children would make sure to enjoy life, too. 

The situation between Birdy and Beth got worse in the meantime, which, unfortunately, Anna didn’t notice. Birdy made fun of Beth’s unusual dressing habits, and her little moments of what she called craziness. One night, she told her that there were only two kinds of people – regular people, and Beth.

From now on, Beth was even more alone than before. Her parents finally noticed something was going on, but she assured them that she was fine. Just like her mother, she didn’t want anybody to worry, and she wanted to make it on her own.

Every single day got Anna thinking about her future, and her kids’, as well. Lately, she had been feeling like she was almost done with life – in a sense of having achieved everything she had wanted to.

On a very sunny afternoon, in fact Barbra’s birthday, she did it. When she grabbed the first onion from her plant, which was already covered in weed, it hit her: she had collected, planted and harvested every plant available in this town. The legacy she had felt like carrying was fulfilled. Now it was time to settle back and watch one of her children take over. The only question was who she wanted to burden with this task. She wanted her family to stay together, but inevitably one or the other child was going to move out soon. It was a tough decision, and she wanted to wait after the birthday party to announce what she had been thinking.

First, it was time for Barbra’s big day. She had been waiting to become a teen for what had seemed decades, even though it only had been a few years. 

Anna stood there, celebrating and cheering on her youngest daughter. This was the fifth child aging up to a teenager. She had raised five of them successfully, hopefully preparing them for what waited for them in the world. Her biggest wish had come true, at the same day as officially completing her garden and everything she had worked for. It was over for her now.


Author's notes: And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of Generation 1! I made it! :)
Since Anna fulfilled the requirements for the Generation AND her Lifetime Wish (Raise 5 children to teenagers) on the same day, which I found cute, Generation 2 can get started.
But first an evaluation of Anna's generation:

• Date/Marry girl/guy with Loves Outdoors and/or Green Thumb and/or Angler
• No Woohoo before marriage (Oopsie, kind of missed that objection. Moving on.)
• Get Married
• Have BOTH Boy and Girl
• No watermelons/apples to sway the gender of the child
• Master Gardening Skill
• Plant every plant from the grocery story
• obtain all plants/seeds
• if you get call for learning Steak, Egg, Cheese, Omni plant, complete it (didn't get them)

 Not bad for the first generation! :) 

The next post will include an official introduction of our heiress, and some information about Generation 2. Stay posted!