Well done.  I like your arguments and the mature and adult relationship that Bella and Edward have.  I don't necessarily agree that a mature Bella would have rejected immortality while accepting Edward--after all, her reasons for avoiding vampirehood in this story were reasonably easy to overcome.  To give up your soul mate to death in return for a few extra years with your parents, who will die long before you do anyway--hmmm.  Regardless, your arguments--Bella's and Edwards's thoughts--are very convincing.  Yet you kept their humanity--so to speak--and feeling.  Thank you.

Author's Response:

You're welcome.  I think, here, Bella might have found it easier to move on if Charlie hadn't been alone.  Note that she wasn't that worried about Renee ... mostly Charlie, who'd be alone.  And as he's probably only just 50, if that, he's got another 30 years or so, unless something goes wrong. :-)

But I think that people also tend to CHANGE their minds.  We're rarely set in our decisions, especially once circumstances change, and that's important here.  Real people rarely make such an IMPORTANT decision and NEVER change their mind about it later.  I wanted to show Bella's gradual acceptance of the idea of being a vampire ... but not as a result of rejecting humanity as somehow 'lesser,' which is the message I sometimes got from the books, unfortunately.

I cannot thank you enough for sharing this truly amazing story with all of us. I love the strength that each of the women found, and am truly touched by Rosalie's growth. You will probably see your numbers increase after you post the epilogue since I will be re-reading. I find myself hoping that another story finds it way into your heart, and that you feel the need to share it with us. Either way, best of luck with the new school year. I just met the incoming students today and made some connections with them when I mentioned Twilight. If you don't mind, I would love to  hear which story have captured your attention; I mentioned your story to an author who wrote about Bella dealing with depression and anxiety that touched me very much.

Thank you once again. No matter how many more stories I read, I will always remember this one. Sometimes when I get an email telling me that a story has been updated I can barely remember what's been happening; that never happened with Blink.

Author's Response:

Oh, thank you!  And actually, on the Forum, on my thread there (under Alternate Universe) we had somebody ask for some story recs, so we posted several.  It's probably some pages back, for which I apologize since I don't have a handy link, but yeah,  There are a WHOLE bunch over there. :-)

it's wrapping up pretty well. I'd lovw for brady to get a little svare thpugh. drive him a little crazy.  oh, and what happened to that one snooty dr.  Clay, I think

Your story has been awesome. I've really enjoyed reading it. THANK YOU

Oh thank goodness you updated...i am obsessed!  Im so HAPPY/GLAD/YAY she can walk!!  WOO HOO!!!  More soon please and thank you!

Excellent!  So well written. 

Oh God, I'm so happy she can walk and seems relatively happy.  Yay! What a great chapter.  And his line about her being the vampire equivalent of a toddler made me giggle! =0)

Hello, I have been reading this fanfiction since last October, and while I was a bit of lurker over most of your story, I need to review now to tell tell you how sad I am that it is coming to an end. This has been one of the most poignant and subtley dramatic stories that I've read, fanfiction or otherwise, and I am truly going to miss the non-canon reality you built that honestly felt like canon. The characterizations, themes, and amount of technical knoweldge you weaved into this story made it one of a kind, and I've never seen such passionate emotions written in such an understated manner. It felt more realistic, the bursting emotions of the Twilight characters tempered by a rational mind, but shining through with their individual actions. I am going to sorely miss your writing in this story and the feeling I got whenever I saw an update. Thank you for this story and I am excited to see what you will come out with next :).

Author's Response:

Just a quick thank you for the review!  Even if you don't review often, it's appreciated.

its so good. need more.

ah, I love this story and will be sad to have it end!

YAY.. i'm so happy about this chapter.. she can walk and they can be togheter and happy..

Great story.  However the cow you described is a Hereford (red with white face).  An Angus is jet black all over.

Thought you'd want to know in the interest of accuracy.

Author's Response:

There is a red Angus!  You find them in N. Georgia in mixed herds.  A few have a whitish face (or maybe lighter face). :-)  The ones with lighter faces may be mixes (I'm not a cow expert!) but I've always heard them called red Angus. :-)

I'm speechless.  You have such a gift, bringing this people to life in a way that others only dream of.  I started to read this a while back, and I wasn't sure what I was getting into.  I almost stopped--not that the writing wasn't excellent but more that it wasn't the fluffy stuff fan fiction usually is made of.  I'm so glad I didn't.

Author's Response:

It's definitely not fluffy, no.  I know some readers don't like that and have dropped it, but that's okay. :-)

i'm gonna miss this story.  but thank you for writing it, i have really loved it.