Reply To: The spirit of the Three Pines community
I love and appreciate all the examples you’ve all given so far. With each one mentioned, I could envision those scenes again, and remember what they conveyed. No matter where our main characters have gone in the world and whatever they’ve experienced “on the outside,” those moments of connection in Three Pines anchor them, strengthen them, and heal them. How nice to have a safe harbor to return to! A place where so much love, caring, and understanding flow. It’s a little place in a big world, but I like Armand’s thought, as he, Reine-Marie, and Jean-Guy take that moment to play with the leaves (as Jane previously mentioned): “Fall had come early. The seasons were shifting, becoming unpredictable. The weather had become turbulent, unsettled. But as they walked thought the dusk, past the three huge pine trees, to their home, all seemed right with the world. It might be an illusion, but Armand figured they could afford one, now and again.” This inspires me to try to keep that scene in mind, when I think of all the storms that the future may hold. To treasure good times and beautiful moments, and try to create them whenever possible, with people I love, if possible. In those moments, however brief they may be, things are indeed right with at least one little piece of the world, and that’s worth something.
