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After the birth of the triplets and the death of Ruth, Mary found herself in a deep pit she couldn't pull herself out of. She didn't know whether this was post-partum depression, or mix of different things happening all at once.

It was impossible to pull herself out of bed and get dressed in the morning. The thought that she would never again see the woman who essentially saved her and "raised" her, showing her how to live in this time, was an impossible obstacle to overcome. How could she raise a single baby in a time that wasn't her own, let alone three? She was going to be nothing but a burden to Thomas. Becoming a wife and mother a hundred years before she was even born was the stupidest idea she had ever had.

Whenever she tried to bring herself out of her despair and start to get out of bed, Thomas would push her right back down and tell her to rest. He knew something was very, very wrong, and he was pretty sure it had something to do with the passing of his mother and Mary not having her own mother there to help with the girls.

He knew that new mothers needed another mother around to help, even more so when there were so many babies. While he didn't know what had happened to Mary to lead her into his life, and why she didn't know where her own mother was, but he was determined to help her in any way he could.

And so he temporarily hired a farmhand to help out while he took on the responsibility of caring for the babies. He did everything for them except what he could not do - and when they needed to eat, he would take them downstairs so Mary could feed them. While she might have still been deep in her melancholia, she still did what needed to be done.

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It wasn't until nearly 5:30 am when Thomas finally found his mother and their mare.

She had been close to the main center of town, he assumed to go visit the docks, where she and his father had first met. Perhaps she knew here time was nearly up and wanted to visit there just one more time, but her body betrayed her. She had slipped from Lacey's back, and the poor mare didn't know what to do, so, being the loyal companion she was, she had waited by her best friend's side until Thomas found them both.

Ruth McQuarrie was buried three days later in the Brindleton Graveyard, alongside her husband. She never got to meet her grandchildren, but at least she got to help her son meet a wonderful, but strange girl who sometimes spoke of things she couldn't begin to understand.

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One night, Mary felt the first signs of labor. She had been feeling worried because Ruth had gone out riding Lacey hours beforehand, and still hadn't come back, even though it was long past dark. Thomas had left an hour before her contractions started to look for his mother, knowing that something must have happened to keep her so long.

Late into the night, all alone, Mary managed to give birth to three healthy baby girls - Lillian, Louise, and Lucy. It was the scariest thing she had ever done, and she was scared enough as it was before the birth.

Moments after giving birth to the last baby, as the first light of the next morning began to peer through the curtains, Mary passed out from pure exhaustion and worry.

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Sorry I've been gone so long; I've been gone on my main blog too, just lost all interest in sims for a while. 😬But right now I'm suddenly feeling sims joy again and specifically for the Decades challenge, so I'm gonna start queuing posts again!

I will disappear again though. I will always disappear frequently. It's just a fact and I'm really sorry about that.

#ts4 #the sims 4 #text post

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Dear diary,

Time passes. As it does. Lacey has grown into a beautiful mare, and Ruth spends most of her time with the horse. Thomas originally bought her so that he could use her to transport his produce to town to sell, but I think his mother has claimed Lacey as her best friend and confidant. Everyone needs one of those, you know?

Thomas has been finding more time to write, since his mother has completely taken over from him on the animal related chores. Kind of funny since he's the animal lover of the family, but he just doesn't have the time if he wants to do the farming, the animal care, and write, as well as any other manly chores he does around the house. Like repairing the windmill when it breaks down.

I... I am stir crazy. I am rapidly approaching my due date - I can't say exactly how far along I am, but I know it's been probably 7 months at this point and I'm heavier than I should be. Because of this, the local doctor advised me to stay off my feet, so I haven't been doing any of the household chores.

Although I admit one day when I knew that Thomas and Ruth were preoccupied I went for a short walk, absolutely needing to get outside. I've always been an active person, so having to just sit on my a- my posterior all day is just not for me.

Although, our small goat, Buttercup, likes to sit in the living room with me while I knit, so it's not all bad, I suppose.

I should probably finish this here, diary. I need to start dinner soon, and I don't want it to be finished too late.

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Two more summers passed without so much as a hint of morning sickness. Mary couldn't bring herself to mention her fears to Thomas, so she brought them up to Ruth, needing someone to talk to.

The older woman just chuckled and assured Mary that it was likely nothing to do with her, and everything to do with Thomas himself. She, herself, had found it notoriously difficult to get pregnant, and that was a lot of the reason why she had only ever been blessed with one child (that and the untimely death of her husband). She couldn't be sure it was something that ran in the family, but the fact that her own dear husband had only had one sibling made her wonder if it was.

It was only a month later that Mary finally realized that she'd missed her period by two full months, and she was finding it increasingly difficult to wear her tighter dresses. There was very little doubt in her mind, though she wished she could actually get a pregnancy test.

She waited another month, until the fall had come around again, so she could be absolutely sure, before she told Thomas her wonderful news. He'd already had a suspicion because of how often she'd had to rush to the bathroom after breakfast, but he was absolutely thrilled to hear her news, and promised that he would try to grow more crops to sell at the market so they could properly provide for the baby.

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About Me - Simblr Edition

I was tagged by @starandsims, and this was so much fun!

Your 3 Traits: Geek, Loner, and Cat Lover!

Your Aspiration: Bestselling Author for sure

In Game World You'd Live In: Oh gosh, there's a lot of them I would live in. But I think I would live in Glimmerbrook - I've always loved foresty areas with streams through them.

Favorite Townie: There are a lot of favorites, but honestly? I really like Miko Ojo.

Most Used Pack: Honestly, if I had to narrow it down to one? Lately it would be Eco Lifestyle, because I've been playing the Decades challenge (obviously), Ultimate Decades, BACC, and my own challenge, the Deadly Apocalypse Challenge, all of which start off-the-grid.

Favorite Decor Object: Any plants! I can't narrow it down to just one.

Something You Want In the Game: Bands. Imagine how much fun it would be later in the decades challenge would be if we had the ability to have an actual band, the way TS3 did?

What Color Is Your Plumbob: Right now it's probably orange because I'm in a little pain. 😩

As for who I'm tagging, umm.. I'm not sure who all has done it, so I'll just tag @melsie-sims, @katmk36, and @oswanily!

#tag game #simblr tag game #it was fun to do this while eating lunch

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Months passed by slowly in the 1890s, Mary learned very quickly.

There was a whole lot to do all the time, living on a farm, but at the same time, there was very little to do, compared to her life back in 2023.

And yet, she never found herself bored. At first she'd had trouble recovering from constantly having something to do always at her fingertips; at first she'd felt bored every moment of every day, and like the days would never end. Had time always been this slow?

But as she adjusted to the life, she realized she absolutely loved gardening. It was something she'd always wanted to try, but never had gotten around to, and now she helped out on the farm every day. Especially on the days when Thomas wanted to dedicate time to his writing, she and Ruth would split the farm chores between them and she always preferred to take the gardening.

For some reason, the animals didn't much care for her.

She and Ruth also often spent the evenings doing something creative. She found that she much preferred knitting to cross-stitch; she was too clumsy to cross-stitch without puncturing a finger.

But the worst part about sitting alone in the evening and knitting by the fireplace was that it gave her time to think. It had been months since they were married; they'd married at the end of spring, and it was approaching the autumn.

It wouldn't be a problem... except she had yet to get pregnant.

Both she and Thomas couldn't wait to start their family, and she didn't want to disappoint him. Was there something wrong with her where she couldn't get pregnant? Perhaps something about her trip through time had harmed her uterus? What if she could never get pregnant? If that was the case, perhaps she would need to suggest to Thomas that he take a mistress, just for pregnancy purposes. No one would have to know.

But she was also prone to overthinking, so she hoped that none of that was true and she was just worrying for nothing.

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People You'd Like to Know Better

I was tagged by @starandsims! Thank you so much for the tag, these are always fun to do. 😊

Last Song: In The Balance (from Final Fantasy XIV) by Masayoshi Soken

Favorite Color: It's a tie between purple and turquoise!

Currently Watching: Ghosts (the American version)

Last Movie: Colour of Magic - it's actually a mini series, but I don't care!

Currently Reading: Awaken Online: Timeless (just came out and I'm already almost done with it...)

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Depends on my mood, but usually savory. Especially cheese.

Last Thing I Googled: is there an atm at [local grocery store]

Current Obsession: This other story I'm working on, that's based on my guilty pleasure genre - webtoons/novels with characters that get reincarnated as the villain of a novel or video game, haha.

Currently Working On: That side story I just mentioned, but also trying to figure out what to do with My Trouble and Treasure because something happened in it that kind of totally upended all of my plans. Trying to decide whether I should restart from an earlier point, or just continue with the unexpected situation. 😂

And as for who I'm tagging, um... I don't know! Not really sure who has or hasn't done it yet, so I'll just say if you see this and you want to do it, just say I tagged you! ;)

#tag game #get to know me #these are always so much fun

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Dear Diary,

This is my first entry in you. As wedding gifts, both Thomas and I gifted each other a journal. I knew he wanted one for his writing, since he has told me he dreams of writing stories that people may read one day. And I think he knew that I wanted one as well, just to document, well... everything.

I really never believed I would one day be an old fashioned wife, staying at home cooking, cleaning, doing all of that, and even more than that I would have never believed it would happen in the 1890s. My life the past year has been a series of ups and downs.

For the longest time I wished to get sent back to my time, and kept biding my time, waiting. Now I hope it never happens, or if it does, it sends Thomas with me. My dearest, my heart. Perhaps I was sent back in time to meet my soulmate?

Oh watcher that sounds way too corny, but I like to think it's true.

Anyway, I should really get back to bed. It was our wedding night, and, well, I'm rather tired, and I don't want Thomas to wake up and see me gone. He might think I'm regretting this, heaven forbid.

Until next time,

Mar(le)y McQuarrie

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However, Mary needn't have worried. At the same time she was trying to convince him that she was marriage material, he was trying to work up the courage to ask if she would be so kind as to consider him as a romantic prospect.

After a rather short period of courtship - after all, they already knew each other so well since she had been living there for nearly a year - Thomas and Mary McQuarrie had a small, intimate wedding ceremony at the local church. The only people in attendance were Ruth, and a family friend, Emilia Ernest.

Mary was a bit afraid she might have scared her new husband off after she grabbed him and gave him a very deep, very modern kiss after their vows. But he already knew she was eccentric for a woman of the time, and he accepted her for it anyway.

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Convincing Thomas that she would be a suitable wife would be tougher than she thought it might be, though, if she kept struggling with simple day-to-day things, like not slipping and falling in mud puddles and humiliating herself.

It was probably a good thing she had been taken in by a poor farming family instead of a wealthy family.

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Mary quickly settled into her role as "chef." After all, she wanted to thank Ruth and Thomas for allowing her to live there for as long as she needed to... which was starting to seem like an awfully long time. Much longer than she anticipated, at any rate.

Plus, perhaps she could impress Thomas. It had taken her a little bit of time to figure out why she kept avoiding him, but she figured out it was because he made her stomach flip like a pancake. He was attractive, sweet, and dreamed of being a writer, despite having to tend to the family farm.

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Downloading poses, knowing full well I play 90% gameplay, 5% poses, and 5% screaming.

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Mary could get used to the new (old?) ways of cooking. She could get used to her new name. She could even get used to no internet (literally the worst). But Mary knew she would never, ever get used to having to use an outhouse in the middle of the night in the middle of a thunderstorm.

She'd said that many things in her young life were "the worst," but she was pretty sure that this may take the cake.

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Eventually, Marley accepted that she may never get back to her normal time, so she had to try to learn how to exist in this time.

It was embarrassing not knowing how to do... well, anything, so she made up the excuse that whatever had left her unconscious in strange clothes in Glimmerbrook had robbed her of her memories, and mixed her up, making her think that her name was Marley. Ruth, the woman who had promised to take care of her temporarily, felt badly for her, so she did what she could for Marley. She suggested perhaps her name was really Mary, and so she became Mary. She taught her how to do her hair properly, took her dress shopping, taught her how to get properly dressed, and taught her how to use her doily belt (something she thought as a 21st century girl she'd NEVER have to experience).

Ruth always assured her that it was exciting to finally get to take care of a daughter after all these years, she'd only ever had a single son. Not for lack of trying, but her husband had died young, before they had properly gotten to be married, and she never remarried. It impressed Mary (Marley), especially for the time period, but it also explained why their farm wasn't... well.. very well off.

But her son, Thomas - which Mary had a hard time being around for too long for some unexplainable reason - was trying his hardest to take over where his mother needed him. Which, was anything physical. She wasn't that old - not in Mary's opinion - but for the 1890s, she was getting up there.

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When she first came to after her impromptu trip through time, Marley Ness had already been taken under the wing of an elderly widow named Ruth McQuarrie. At least, if she was unable to tell the doctor where she really belonged - whether that was with family or a husband.

She had tried to inform the doctor that she would be fine on her own, but he was afraid of her mental state, and promised her that Ruth and her son would take good care of her until she was back on her feet again, even if she was one of those new "Bachelor Girls" or.. whatever she wanted to be called.

It was all too much for Marley; she barely knew what was happening. After all, where in the HELL was she? This woman was sweet, but she spoke so strangely, and... everything was strange and old and the doctor treated her like she-

She knew the answer. She'd known it from the moment she woke up, but she refused to accept it until she had been given a dress and left alone in the bedroom to change. Somehow, whatever that witch with the pink hair had done had sent her backwards in time. Now she just had to figure out how to get back.

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