Prologue
The wonderful legacy of Mick and Mindy Cal has now been past onto me, Michael to carry on their story and to raise our children with the same values that my parents taught their children. It is with sorrow and happiness that I write this introduction to the second generation.
Dad sends his regards to all of Mindy's friends who have followed their story but is now mourning the loss of his dear wife, Mindy who passed away two days ago and leaves the rest of her family to mourn as well. Mom was always there for us children and would stop whatever she was doing to comfort us when we crying, help us with homework and to simply chat and encourage us to improve our skills. Dad is the same way and Emerald and I will strive to maintain the eternally faithful reputation that my parents achieved during their many years as husband and wife. With lots of love for each other, Emerald and I should be able to achieve this as we have already received the 'faithful' distinction among our family and friends. Emerald is also mourning the death of her mother Holly but is thankful that she had invited her over for the afternoon and was able to have a nice visit with her mom. Apparently, Holly passed away of a heart attack just after she returned home from her outing.
Now for the good news, Emerald and I welcomed our first child into the world, a son, whom we named Jasper in keeping with jewel names of the Greenwoods. He was born with the friendly and athletic traits. Grampie Mick just loves his little grandson to death and is always seeing to his needs before either Emerald and I can get there. We don't mind though because Emerald and I both know that Dad's days with us are numbered, so we want him to have as much time with Jasper as possible.
In other family news, Miguel gave me a rainbow gem that he found in France and I was able to send it to the science lab to make the special formula for making imaginary friends real. It costs a lot of money to do this but it was worth making my friend, Mickey a real human. Even though Mickey can be a little inappropriate at times he has become best friends with the whole family. He and my sister, Misty fell in love with each other almost at first sight and are now engaged to be married. After they are married they'll move into a house of their own and Misty has another rainbow gem that she has sent to the science lab and plans to make her imaginary friend, Beth real when the move out. Mitzi has also entered into an exclusive romantic relationship with Marcos Hunter and will probably soon be engaged as well. Miguel is the only one left in school and he is on his way to be graduating with top marks in his class. Mickey has joined the fashion consultant profession and Misty plans to be a scientist.
Chapter One: Eventful Times in the Cal Household
A few days after Mom passed away, the Grim Reaper came to collect Dad as well. It was a sad time when he passed away but Emerald and I are comforted by the fact that my father lived longed enough to enjoy some quality time with his grandson, Jasper. Dad loved to hold Jasper any chance he got. We'll miss you, Dad and thank you for being such a great father to your children. Emerald and I will pass the values you taught us onto our children and grandchildren. Due to our upbringing, I already have the 'eternally faithful' reputation among our family and friends.
Shortly after being made a human, Mickey had his last name legally changed to Calvin. He is doing quite well as a stylist and has had a lot of referrals sent to him. Of course, there are always those that say they they like a particular outfit at first but then decide when the makeover is done that they hate it. I encourage Mickey to keep at it though as there are just some people that you can never please no matter what you do for them.
The biggest news is that Mickey and Misty are now happily married. Their dating period was not without it's struggles, but then what relationship isn't. Apparently Misty had gotten into a romantic relationship with Zachery Jones-Brown at her prom but never really pursued each other after graduation, so when she became engaged to Mickey the townsfolk dubbed her as being naughty but Mickey is a great guy who overlooked all of the gossip surrounding Misty and just loves her for who she is. In Misty's defense, she did try several times to meet with Zachery to break off the romantic part of their relationship and just be friends, well acquaintances as their friendship had dwindled that much but of course the rest of the town didn't realize that. Finally just before the wedding, Misty went to visit Zachery and asked to be just friends, to which he agreed and he seems to respect Misty a lot more for being honest with him. I think my sister's naughty reputation could have been avoided though if they had broken things off sooner. A very important lesson that has been learned is that not all high school crushes work out and it is not always wise to fall for the first person that says they like you.
A few days after the wedding, Mickey and Misty have purchased and moved into a new home located at 178 Savannah Lane which is just a block over from the family homestead. Emerald and I are very happy for them and look forward to visiting them and hopefully we'll have new nieces or nephews to love. Since Dad and Mom aren't here to spoil them, we will be happy to take on the roll of the aunt and uncle who love to spoil their little nieces and nephews and we also want our children to have lots of fun playing with their cousins.
Miguel has received a scholarship to finish his studies at a new college in Hidden Springs which is a new town on the other side of SimWorld. My friend, Ryder Steel's sister has just moved there to join their science lab and has agreed to let Miguel stay with her. They have been communicating by email for a few days now and have already developed a close friendship so don't be surprised if they get married once he finishes his studies.
Beth is settling well in her new life here with us and has gotten a job in the local journalism office as she wants to be a star news anchor someday. She is a sweet girl and Emerald and I are sure that she will succeed in whatever she does. Who knows maybe she'll even find her true love someday.
As you already know from Patricia Steel that Miguel has arrived safely with Beth. The airlines wouldn't let Miguel travel alone as a minor so Beth decided to take a job offer at the journalism office in Hidden Springs and travel with him. They are both settling well into Patricia's house and have become fast friends and Miguel has been able to quickly regain his honor status in his new school.
Well, I guess that's all the news for now and hope that everyone has a wonderful day.
Mickey and Misty have settled well into their new home although the rest of the town thinks their a little weird. Who would have thought that prejudice was rampid in our little town of Twinbrook but it is. Apparently Misty got accused of woohooing with a 'cult' after she and Mickey tried for a baby the first time. After a couple of tries to have a baby naturally, they decided to adopt a newborn baby girl by the name of Christy, whose real mother was just a teenager herself and could not afford to keep her baby and wanted her to be raised in a loving home and put her up for adoption when she was born. Emerald and I have both been to see our little niece and she is just precious.
Our son, Jasper has aged up into a child and is ready to start school on Monday. He has developed the snob trait which Emerald and I hope to change as he grows up. I would like to take this opportunity to announce that we are expecting are second child and are hoping for a sister for Jasper.
The biggest news in the family is that Mitzi has just gotten engaged to Zachery Jones-Brown who was a close friend from high school. They became romantically involved one evening when Zachery asked her out on a date and confessed his feelings for her. This happened while Mickey and Misty were getting settled in their new home. We plan to have the wedding ceremony on Sunday before everyone goes back to work. Emerald and I fixed up a room for them above the garage where they will live with their children when they come. We will all share our meals in the main house though.
Chapter Two: Life at Best is Very Brief
As you know, Zachery and Mitzi had a private family in the backyard of our home and were able to spend a few short days in each others love. A few days after the birth of our daughter, Ruby, Mitzi went to France to try to find a rainbow gem to make her imaginary friend real. She wrote to us while she was away and said that she was having a good time making new friends and going various adventures for the locals. She was asked by a local who was researching the Landgraab history to retrieve some special papers from the mansion to prove that a local young woman was murdered there. After surviving five electrocutions from traps at the mansion, she finally found and delivered the papers. The rest of jobs were minor which included asking someone to go on a date with Jeannine Lambert and helping another local plan a big dinner. She also caught some more perfect fish for her aquarium.
Now for the tragic news, Edith Morel, the lady for whom Mitzi was asked to get her dinner ingredients, also asked to catch two crocodiles for which she would have to travel to Egypt for. Mitzi decided to come home and let her husband travel to Egypt as Zachery wants to max travel visa for all three countries. We received word, however, that her plane tragically crashed into the ocean on the return flight home and their were no survivors. Please keep Zachery in your thoughts as he mourns the lost of his dear wife. He is thankful and will always cherish the love and their short time together. The rest of us miss her as well but understandably Zachery is taking his loss quite hard. They had wanted to start a family together, so after the morning period is over my brother-in-law plans to adopt a child and make sure that he or she grows up knowing about their mother who was taken away so suddenly.
Chapter Three: Making New Memories in a New Town
As you know, Zachery moved to Riverview shortly after Mitzi's death to start a new life for himself and start his world travel dream. Our close friend, Felicia went to be with Zachery during his period of grief and transferred her military career to the military base in Riverview. At last report, they have become close friends and have settled in nicely.
Emerald and I also moved our family to Sunset Valley as Emerald was offered a job transfer in the local government of the town. After moving our house to a lot across from the Bunch family homestead, we decided to purchase another home that Emerald fell in love upon our arrival in Sunset Valley. The house is located at 442 Skyborough Blvd and after remodeling the upstairs to accommodate the needs of our family, we moved in. We also built workshop with a cellar for making nectar and for housing Mitzi's fish as we have decided to carry on with her dream of opening an aquarium in her honor and memory. There's not as much yard space as our other house but it has just enough room for my garden, the hot tub and our tree house.
Our son, Jasper is now a teenager and because we couldn't transfer his grades from Twinbrook, he aged up with a daredevil trait. Fortunately he is slowly outgrowing his snob trait and is becoming kinder towards others as he realizes that time is too short to look down at other people and that he is now the new kid in town. Our daughter, Ruby, will soon be starting school and Emerald wants to have one more child be reaching her senior years. It's hard to believe that I will become a senior in a couple of days and Emerald will be not far behind. Where does the time go? Just seems like yesterday that Emerald and I were married after graduating from high school.
Chapter Four: Another New Home in Hidden Springs
Emerald was really not happy with the house we bought in Sunset Valley as she found it two big and impersonal. One day while she was looking at the real estate listings online, Emerald fell in love with a country home in a new town called Hidden Valley that also boasted of a beautiful in-law suite. After talking to her boss in the government offices, Emerald was able to get a job transfer to the Hidden Springs political offices. Since I still work at the mausoleum, it was no problem for me to transfer my job to the graveyard in Hidden Springs as they were short staffed there.
We then sold our home with all of our furniture and moved to 12 Hidden Brook Drive and bought all new furniture, two cars and decorated the house according to our needs. I even put in a spiral staircase in the main house in case we add an upstairs someday. The smaller in-law suite had a bedroom, kitchen/living area, and a bathroom but we took out the the kitchen and made that area a family room. Now that we are settled and Emerald and Jasper have both had their first day at school and work. Emerald and I timed our move to coincide with Jasper's first day of high school so that he wouldn't be behind in any of his classes. Ruby will be starting school in a couple of days.
Believe it or not, today is my birthday and I'm going to be entering the dreaded senior years. It just seems like yesterday that Emerald and I were married and starting our family and it's now almost time to choose which of our children we want to carry the Cal legacy into the third generation. We will wait until Ruby is in high school before we make that decision. Jasper wants to be a scientist like his grandfather when he grows up and we'll have to wait and see what Ruby decides to do.
Chapter Four: The Ups and Downs of Life
Emerald and I a pleased to announce that Jasper has graduated from high school with honors and was voted valedictorian of his class. Jasper is now employed at the the local science lab and has already been promoted to level two lab tech. Ruby has just attended her prom and had lots of fun even though she got into a few fights with someone who dumped punch on her and another who made fun of her. Her evening wasn't a total loss though as she became romantically involved with her classmate, Dany Shue.
Right after her prom was over, Ruby left on a trip to France to interview a local for her class project. While there, she was asked by the local Special Merchant to find some special papers at the Landgraab mansion that prove that a young girl had been murdered there. Ruby managed to find the papers and only stepped in one electrical trap in the process and Emerald and I are happy to say that our daughter has made it home safely. Before returning home, Ruby was able to find a rainbow gem and visit the nectary and purchased some nectar making equipment.
Home life hasn't been a perfect bed of roses since my last update. Not too long after we moved to Hidden Springs, Emerald and I were able to regain our faithful status but thanks to the paparazzi blowing one my actions out of proportion and accusing me of cheating on Emerald my faithful reputation was replaced with 'cheating'. I'm not sure what I said or did that would make people think that. The only thing I can think of is that I became quick friends with a co-worker of Emerald's while chatting with her after Jasper's graduation and might have asked a question that seemed flirty which is not the impression I meant to make. Nevertheless, I spent the next two days reassuring Emerald that she is my only true love and that I would never intentionally hurt her. Emerald was understandably upset but by the next morning had forgiven me and actually our relationship is much closer now as we both know to be careful of the topics we talk about when chatting with others and make sure that anything that is considered romantic stays between the two of us.
With both Emerald and I now well into our senior years the time has come to choose our heir for the next generation. We would love to have both of our children take over the homestead but we know that is not possible, so since Ruby is the one that shows the most promise of getting married after high school , Emerald and I have chosen her to be heir. Jasper is happy for his sister and knows that he is always welcome to visit and will continue to live at home until he finds his own place or his true love comes along.
Well that's all the news for now and I hope that everyone is having a wonderful day.
Take care,
Michael Cal
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