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We all have memories that hang on and remain stored in the recesses and niches of our mind.  Mundane memories float back to our conscious mind only when triggered by an outside stimulus, a familiar refrain, or a faint aroma on a spring breeze.   Those memories are harmless and the collection of a life lived.  There are memories that float on the conscious which intrude on our daily routine and cannot be shaken.  These are the ones we call baggage.  We all have it.  When you are young its baggage.  When you are old its history.  Where the line blurs is a call that only the one lugging it all around can decide.  The sooner its history the sooner you can categorize it, organize it and learn from it.

Welcome to episode 3 of season 3.  Bea continues her story by recounting the beginning of her relationship with someone as bruised and battered by a past relationship as herself.  It’s a shame that beginnings don’t always foretell the rest of the story.  Time eventually heals all wounds and gives perspective to our setbacks.   Emotions rebound, hurts seem more distant, and life goes on.

Ever know someone who has to have the last word…. no matter what?  Bea wraps up the story of The Parlay by giving the last word to someone without words, but pleny to say.

In this episode Bea talks about hopes for the future - hers, Martin’s and Adam’s.  Everyone dreams about the  future and the way life could be; possessions to be acquired and relationships to explore.  Bea exposes the dreams she has for Blanca; Martin dreams about the togetherness that will satiate his love; and Adam takes a path that he never desired.

Thanks for coming back.  In this weeks story, Bea tells the tale of a personal tragedy sprung on her at the start of a family visit.  who has not daydreamed of injury or illness to distance ourself from emotional pain so deep and crashing down upon us like a dark sea inadvertently fallen into.  Thankfully with the help of family, friends, distance and time, even the deepest cuts can be survived.  An octogenarian with skin leathered by the weather of a lifetime will tell you that life isn’t what you think it should be, but at the same time much more than could ever been hoped for.