Red : The Color Of Failure

Is it better to love without life or live without love? Carmen Simpkins invests in an emotional journey of self-worth and sacrificial happiness in this enduring love story. In the fall of 1995, Carmen Simpkins experienced both her best and worst moments of her life. After several years of infertility issues, Carmen miscarries and withdraws from everything and everyone. Out of sacrificial love for her husband, Spencer, she files for divorce and sets off on a journey of self-discovery. She doesn't allow the love of her life to protest because she thinks she is doing it for his own good. She wants to give him the gift of children and because she is unable to bear babies, she allows him the chance to find another. Withstanding her own crushing heart, Carmen leaves to start a new life of her own and force Spence, as she lovingly calls him, the chance to fall in love with another. Along the way, she meets antique shopkeepers, Irene and Norman who in turn mends her broken heart through the use of a weathered leather photo album. Coincidently, this elderly couple had experienced similar circumstances. Befriending the newly separated young lady, the elderly woman takes her under her wing offering her teacakes and wisdom that only experience can administer. Meanwhile, Spencer struggles with a decision he was not allowed to make. Soul searching on his own, he toys with alternative solutions including getting drunk and making a life changing decision on his own. Had he gone too far? His gut wrenching emotional pain is enough to push him to the brink of stability himself. Then he finally musters up the courage to read the letter his wife left him on the "night his life changed forever." He comes to a totally different conclusion than his run-away wife but is unable to communicate with her. He doesn't know what to do until he looks at the calendar! Had Carmen made a tragic mistake? Was it too late to fix the mess she made? After setting up a date reminiscent of the first time they met, Carmen unravels all the whole finality in her recent decisions. In her most creative way, she triggers an avalanche of painful and good memories. But then a tragic accident happened and life as they knew it would never be the same. After a brief reconciliation, again the best and worst news of this young couple's marriage confronts them and forces them to prove once again how love will help them survive.

Author: Carol Thompson

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 03, 2018

Number of Pages: 172 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1721628541

ISBN-13: 9781721628544