Keeping the faith

Hell its me again thanks for the replies. I have decided this will be a trilogy. Keeping it in the family will be the second part but i have already written some of the third it even already has a title lol. Well back to this script :) here it is.

Part 28

Two weeks later and sharon and dennis' nameless daughter was out of intensive care and today sharon was going to hold her properly for the first time. Since her operation she had gone from strength to strength and there was even the posibility of her coming home soon.
'Home' by the way was no longer the vic. Although they loved living there and chrissie was only to glad for them to stay they decided that for the time being it simply was a practical place to bring up a small baby. Instead they were living back at No.5 after johnnys sudden departure. It had felt odd to start with being back in the house that their dad had originally bought but after a while and a fresh coat of paint on the walls it started to feel like their own.
Thats why on this particular day sharon was later than usual to the hospital, she had been painting the nursery. Sharon and dennis had finally settled on a neutral yellow colour with a tasteful peter rabbit theme. At least thats one thing they did agree on. They still could not agree on a name for their daughter and in the end sharon had refused to give her any name until she was safe and sound at home and snuggly wrapped in sharons arms. She thought giving her daughter a name now would jinx things after all they had chosen a name for their son and that hadnt ended well.
The day after her daughters operation/her sons funeral sharon had returned to his grave and said a final goodbye. She went alone, believing that for once this had to be just for her and her alone. She layed a single white rose on the tiny grave and next to it, a little blue teddy bear. She stared at the inscription on the gravestone it read:

Here lies Jacob Daniel Rickman
who fell asleep aged 1 day
on the 29th september 2005
gone but not forgotten you
are with us always


Sharon: You were all I wanted (she had whispered) but you're with the angels now. Sleep well my little one.

She kissed her hand and pressed it gently to the white marble headstone. He was gone. But he was safe now and he felt no pain. What more could a mother want.

After that day things started to pick up for the couple and now as the nurse tentivly placed her daughter in her arms sharon knew things would be ok. As she stroked the babys face deep inside sharon something stired, awoke, and for the first time in year sharon dared to believe that things would be ok now.

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Next part :Their daughter is allowed home

awww poor sharon n dennis!!! :crying: but its gonna get better!! :wub:
more soon please!!! :thumbsup:

Nearly finished :crying: but also nearly time for the sequel :cheer: I think there will be just one more part of this but I like the ending I have written and hopefully you will too. All feedback welcome. Here it is

Part 29

Everything was alright again, just like sharon had predicted. Today they were taking their little girl home and they were finally going to be a family. As she added the final touches to her daughters nursery sharon reflected on everything that had happened in the last two years, her and dennis seperating at christmas then finding him again in America, thinking her dad was going to ruin her life and now finally being free of him, looking at a future childless then being blessed with twins, both of her children nearly dying then her daughter pulling through against the odds. With a sudden jolt of realisation sharon realised that she had been wrong all these years, her faith had not abandoned her, it had been there all along she had just been blind to see it for what it was. Yes her life had been full of tragedies and hardships but she was still here she was still standing and bringing the baby home was a landmark occasion to remember all that had gone right in her life.
She had been adopted by two people that loved her, yes they werent perfect but she could never claim that they didnt love her they had chosed her how could they not want her, she had found dennis, yet again it wasnt in the most perfect of circumstances but they were perfect for each other and here they were married with a child and then there was her daughter, the most perfect thing in her life. Her daughter was completely innocent to the horrors and hardships of the world, she was pure, untainted and although sharon knew she could never completely shield her from the frailties of the human race she wa going to try her hardest to make sure her daughter was brought up to believe that she should never stop hoping because all good things come to those who wait.
Sharon and dennis held hands in the taxi all the way to the hospital. Touching, caressing, knowing that the other was who they were meant to be with, their soul-mate. Last night they had been intimate for the first time in months giving birth to a different kind of passion that now welled up inside them both. They knew that they would be together forever and that they would grow old and die together but more importantly they knew that they would love eachother forever. After all they had been through how could they not?
Dennis gently placed his first child into her carrycot whilst glowing with pride. She ws so beautiful, just like her mother, but although he knew he would die for his daughter he knew that he would always love sharon more. After all he lived for her and his daughter had been made out of their love. To dennis sharon was perfection. Not that she was perfect that was what was so...well perfect about her. She was herself and as much as she tried to hide the real her dennis always manage to coax it out of her and bring it into the limelight, shining like a star for everyone to see. He would always love sharon more, she was almost like a part of him now, to lose her would be like having his soul ripped from him but, he decided, his daughter was a close second.
All the way home the two od them couldnt believe this was finally happening they were goign home to be a family. It almost felt like the closing chapter on a story that started almost 11 years ago when sharon had first met at that bar in Florida but sharon and dennis both knew that this wasnt the end it was mearly the beginning and as they sat there staring into the big hazel eyes of their daughter they thought of all they had been through together and how they had stuck together no matter what they faced. Their daughter was a symbol of their unity. A symbol that represented the very thing they had been fighting for. And so, in the end, they simply called her...


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Final Part: :crying: :crying: :crying: How will it all end and what will they call their daughter?

WOW! i have just caught up and read all of this, fantastic, absolutley brilliant well done! it was so sweet! what do they call her? unity? unique? i know! Faith! lol

It seems my master plan has failed so I think its time to reveal her name. Thanks to everyone who replied (melonb, nigellover,di marco,harmanizing, stapler, hayzie and charmed) you've all been great and I cant believe this is the last part. I've never actually finished a script before LOL. I will follow up with the sequel as soon as I can but in the meantime keep your eyes on "And then it hit me". Well here it is the last part :crying: Oh and P.S sorry its short but it just ties it all up nice.

Part 30


One wonderful year later Pauline was sat in her kitchen and happened to glance at the paper and there in the birthday section was a small notice that brought a warm smile to her face.

Happy first birthday to our gorgeous daughter
Faith Angela Rickman,
sister to sadly deceased Jacob Daniel Rickman
who passed away aged 2 days old,
gone but not forgotten, we love you both...forever.
Lots of love mummy and daddy.

Pauline smiled again. They finally had the family they had always dreamed of and Sharon, once again, had her faith.


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I just realised that I probably cant do "Keeping it in the family" until september cos I am going on holiday but will try to do it sooner and may do a few one parters before it. Oh and the third part in the "Keeping" trilogy will be called "keepsakes" and will come after "keeping it in the family"

:cheer: :clap: :cheer: :clap: :thumbsup: :bow: what a fab end to a fab script!!Well done squillyfer you've done a great job! have a great holiday - can't wait for the sequel! :)

I have now started "keeping it in the family" the second instalment in the 'keeping' trilogy

Just caught up dude, awww class - hopefully the operative word in that sentence there was "trilogy", yeah? Lol. Write the first part of the second one asap please. Can't wait.

have done its on the post below. The third story will be called "Keepsakes" if i ever get round to it LOL