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A Mother's Love
Has finally won against all odds. Now that Mary is fighting, she will be there for her daughter and Steve. And the scene with Jonathan was sweet. Alys, will you write a sequel?
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
mother love
mother love that says it all
verry lovey and still going relly good .mutch love and happeness and god bless
oldhippie
mr charlles r purcell
verry good story i wood love to see a lot more of this all i can say is wow verry good thanks for shareing
You Can't Just Leave Us Hanging!
Arrrgghh! You create something so good and draw us in. You just have to write some more on these wonderful characters Alys! please... I do not comment much anymore and that is because I have to maintain a sort of indifference to the authors of this site and don't play favorites. Problems were created when I did not follow this. I did however fall as much in love with this story as I did with The Price to Pay. All I can do is beg for your conscience to allow us a further journey along in Steve's and Mary's lives.
You have a lovely Muse and she expresses herself divinely.
BigCloset TopShelf
Thanks for reading and comments
Sorry that this story ended for people who wanted more.
The original idea was going somewhere else but the negativity after the last chapter made we want to finish.
Although, ironically, any other ending would have not been so good for Mary.
Hopefully these stories have touched on some interesting issues.
Hugs
Alys
LOVE
After Love Quotes the beginning of the newborn poems of love the mom ties with her kid through nursin
Lovely
I very much enjoyed this lovely story. But now Pandora's box has been opened, can you really close it again? It sure feels like this was only the step up for Stephanie for a whole new life of discoveries.
You write - conclusion. I think - part I.
Oh well, it's not like you've nothing else to do. :)
Thanks a lot though, I really loved it.
[ edit : after I read your own comment Alys ]
Umm, I hope with the negativity Alys, you didn't mean the criticism some voiced about the unexpected reactions of straight arrow Steve when Stephanie? These were in my opinion only just the icing on the cake. Sure you wouldn't expect this to happen from one perceived heterosexual male, going beyond mere duty in breastfeeding Bekka. This by itself should've been enough indication one shouldn't simply box Steve in one or the other category.
In my opinion you were just beginning to lift a little teeny bit of the fabric of ordinary established beliefs in sexuality, be them hetero, homo, or bi.
I was expecting you to send Steve on a journey of some sorts in an other -Stephanie's- realm to discover and find other or same truths of identity and sexual constellation. Maybe only to find Steve, himself again, or do a u-turn and find Stephanie. Or a mix-match where s/he could be who s/he needed to be when circumstances and objectives would be met in different ways.
So that's why I am a little disappointed you concluded this story. And said to hope you'll find or want to write part II. And III.. IV... :D To infinity, and beyond !! * Oh I'm getting a little silly. Sry *
Jo-Anne
Love the ending
Alys what great story. Steve has had quite the ride but he has held on and now has his wife back if just for a few precious years. He's had some mix-ups with Jon about his dressing, but has kept his focus on what was important to him, his wife and child. Just a wonderful story. The end did feel a little rushed but maybe that was because I didn't want it to end! Just WOW!
hugs!
grover
You're Sneaky
I certainly was surprised to find that this was the final episode. Like other commenters I didn't want it to end, but you tied up all the loose ends and explained earlier situations satisfactorily, so(heavy sigh) I have to accept your judgement. A lovely story Alys, and told with great regard for your characters, who behaved like normally conflicted and confused, but decent, human beings throughout,
Hugs,
Joanne
Just HANGIN"
Alys -+ I haveto agree with everyone else that this story is just beginning where you ended it - It simes like it needs a sqicuel wven if you wait a while to think it over! It was great tory to your stop?? Richard
Richard
A mothers love I almost missed
Shame on me Alys for some reason I didn't think I'd like this story and held back from reading it.During my usual checking of the blogs I came across a response to one and your story was mentioned.From that I decided what the heck and jumped into reading the 8 chapters you had all ready posted am I ever glad that I did.You have a gift for offering us all the chance to see the many different directions that tg fiction can go in.As for how you chose to end it I'm fine with it.Some may want to know every aspect of their lives to the end but I think let them imagine it for themselves.Thanks again for another not the run of the mill story.Amy
A sweet ending to a nice ride
I can see how you could have easily took this story in several other directions.
This is as likely an outcome as any. Temporarily cross dressing and taking hormones to accomodate breastfeeding Becca did not fortell any particular outcome. His intense love for Mary and Beccawas paramount to Stieve and now to Mary, we see. Her actions were a fear and illness induced aberation.
I'm sorry if any feed back from us upset plans you had for the story but sometimes feed back helps. I know I've learned a lot about my characters and storylines from readers. Sometimes they were wrong but made a valid point that helped me. Sometimes I was way off base and the readers helped me avert diaster.
If you ever want to take that path not taken here or a follow-up feel free to do so. I see form my perspective most of any *pressure* we put on you due to the emotional power of your writing and of your characters. You made us care, you might even have made us live our dreams vicariosly thought your characters. That is high praise, Alys.
Bravo.
John in Wauwatosa
P.S. Plus most of BC's readers are Americans and we are pushy sods.
John in Wauwatosa
Nice End to the FIRST Part!
Alys,
I can understand your pressure to finish the story before it became too "dark", and while this last chapter seemed a little rushed, it still turned out VERY nice.... but you still have room to more story...
for example: It's been said a few times that Steve looks like a woman even when not trying to, having breasts will do that ( at least in the tg-fiction world! ), so back home, at the travel agency, it might create less questions if Stevie went back to work, instead of Steve, as Stevie will still need to provide for Bekka, as Mary will not be able to....
...also, Jonathan will be stopping by from time to time, maybe to check on Mary. Besides the Cancer, she STILL has AIDS, and he will be running that section of the Royal Hospital...
It's not too big of a stretch...
Well, either way, I loved the series, and will continue to hope for more! Keep up the great writing!
Sapphire
Waaaaah!
I know you said it was ending... And, you did wrap up MOST of the loose ends. But, what about Steve's work and the folks there... Specially the friend that got him to dress to go visit his wife?
Oh well. Maybe there'll be a sequel? Or at least an epilogue (letting us know how things work out a year or two or more down the road...) :-)
Thanks for a fun story.
Annette
Well Done!
Nice ending, and a good place to stop.
Beautiful Story
Thanks so much for this story. I love it. It's such a fresh new idea. I've read hundreds if not thousands of tg stories online and I've never seen one like this. It's bold and tender at the same time. A father breastfeeding his baby girl just makes me want to cry with joy. *sniff*
I agree it's a good stopping point but I also think it begs a sequel. There are so many avenues left to explore - Steve's workplace and coworkers, Jonathon, Mary's health, Steve possibly getting more feminine as he continues to breast feed. I hope you consider writing a sequel to address some or all of these issues.
Hugs
- Terry
Great story!
I simply loved the story! Like other I feel this could be continued: how about two years from now when Becca is a toddler and Steven is perhaps still Stephanie...? Not to mention Jonathan...
Hugs,
Sissy Baby Paula and Snowball (my toy puppy)