Untitled chapter 1
The Rivers Bend
By
E. Connally
Acknowledgments
This story was inspired by one of the most incredible women I’ve ever met. I have also mixed in some of the traits of my grandmother, who is another one of the most incredible women I’ve ever met. I will say that I have embellished much of her sexuality for the sake of the story.
She is an incredibly sensitive, kind and deeply passionate woman. This woman gives everything she has to those that she loves and even those that she has just met. Many of her friends and family see this innocent, giving nature as a weakness. They couldn’t be more wrong.
Everyone knows that if you need her to cook dinner for a sick relative, arrange flowers for a wedding or babysit your children, she will always be there. I have even seen her cancel a personal trip because someone urgently needed her help. She strongly believes that what goes around comes around and your kindness will someday come back to you.
I find her very representative of many southern women. They appear soft, delicate and pliable on the outside, but on the inside they’re strong yet passionate. I find the term steel magnolias to be very descriptive of southern women. They are beautiful and delicate, yet strong enough to endure strong winds and hard rain.
She also happens to be an incredibly beautiful woman who looks 20 years younger than her age. For the most part you could never tell that she’s approaching her senior years. However, like most women, all she sees in the mirror are her blemishes and she actively works at diminishing those perceived flaws. For me all of those incredible imperfections make her uniquely beautiful.
I hope you will fall in love with her as much as I have and pass the story around. Just so we understand each other I have changed her name, because she is also an incredibly private person.
