I spent the weekend with my mother and children in Southern Utah. I packed my book hoping to get in some reading… what a joke! I spent more of the time trying to keep the kids entertained and anything else. But while the kids were busy burning off their energy at the local park it left my mom and I time to dream of what it would be like to live there; a permanent summer paradise.
Haven’t we all dreamed of moving somewhere new and reinventing ourselves? I grew up in the same city as my parents, grandparents and even some great-grandparents. Encountering people you went to elementary school with almost on a daily basis won’t allow you grow out of anything you have done in the past. That is why I could understand why Vincent would willingly change his name to Reese when the family relocates to Chicago. I think it is his attempt to distance himself from his unpleasant past and live a pseudo life. As Reese he can express his internal anger towards himself and his family against random children at school that give him a hard time. But who would have known that the boy from down the street that Reese frequently watches and follows would turn out to be his missing little brother?
Ben is back… but now he is “Sam”. Transitioning Sam back into the family is hard on everyone. Especially on Sam who is a confused little 12 year old. From the parents point of view it is obvious why they would immediately want Sam back in their home. But part of me thinks that the most important thing is what would be best for the child. All he has known is his mentally ill mother (a high school rival of Beth’s) and his adopted father who have taken excellent care of him. Somehow is seems kind of cruel to rip him away from the only life he has known. If it were my child I would want them back too. It is such a hard situation.
I am excited to see how the “new” relationships in the family will form and if Beth will include the ex-adopted father into their family life.
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