Poplar Bluff, MO. (Millie's parents left Millie & Bob a Mansion.)
It was a beautiful morning in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Millie Jenkins had worked the 9 AM- 5 PM shift and come home and rummaged through the dresser draws in her bedroom and noticed that there was a box inside. She opened the box and inside was an envelope, she opened up the envelope and noticed that there was a letter that her parents had wrote her 21 years ago when they had left her and her husband Bob Jenkins the house.
The letter reads,
Dear Millie,
You are truly a wonderful person. You have made us both so proud to have raised such a beautiful and independent woman. You are always good at managing money, counting money, and holding money for other people. You are economical when it comes to spending and because you are so responsible even at the age of 21 we leave you some money for you to manage however you want. The amount of $800,000 was put in the bank for you to withdraw. We know you will do the right thing and spend it the best way that you see fit. You are always thinking of others over yourself and we hope that you will take the time and think about yourself for once.
Love Always,
Mom & Dad,
Ruthanne & Harold
Reading the letter that Millie's parents had wrote her had brought tears of joy to her eyes. Millie recalls when her parents had Bob, her fiance' at the time, over for dinner. Millie was 21 and Bob was 19. They had met when they were in high school. The first time they had met was when they went to Millie's senior prom. Millie was 18 and Bob was 16 and they hit it off the moment they danced. Ever since then they would keep in touch with each other by writing letters and calling each other on the phone.
Meanwhile, Bob was still living at home with his parents at 19 and went to a Community college in St. Louis, MO. Bob had came over with a beautiful ring because he had planned on proposing to Millie. Bob had made such a good impression and got along with Millie's parents. After dinner Bob had a chance to talk to Millie's parents.
Bob confidently said, "I would like to propose to your daughter and marry her with y'alls approval."
With all smiles, Millie's parents replied, "Most definitely, you have our approval!"
Bob whispers to Millie, "Can we go into the living room for a little bit, I have something I want to ask you?"
Millie shakes her head yes and that's when Bob pops the big question. Bob got down on one knee and said to Millie, "I am in love with you Millie, I loved you the moment I laid eyes on you. Will you marry me?"
Millie blushed and replied, "Of course I will marry you. "
Millie's mom and dad had planned on moving to Branson, MO because they saw a beautiful house that they liked and wanted to move to. The house in Poplar Bluff was all paid for.
Millie's parents told Bob, "Promise me that you and Millie will never go house hunting because we leave y'all our house here in Poplar Bluff."
Bob and Millie were so excited to be moving in the home that Millie grew up in. Millie was expecting a baby girl, who they named Sarah at the time and Bob and Millie replied, "Thank you so much this means so much to us."
Millie's parents had passed away when Sarah was 4 and Brian was a year old.
Now it was 17 years later, Millie have 2 grown children Sarah 21 and Brian 18. Brian was still at home with his parents in Poplar Bluff and Sarah went to a college in Kansas for 3 years. Millie decided to put $100,000 towards Brian's college because Brian was graduating high school in May. Millie and her hubby had took out $100,000 for a family vacation trips to Hawaii, the Bahamas, Colorado Springs, and Las Vegas so that they would go on a summer vacation. With the $600,000 that was left Millie and her hubby split up the money and decided they would use however much that they need for themselves and to help out their kids by giving them however much that they needed.
I remember how cool it was to come up with a scenario where you have parents whose mom had 3 miscarriages before they were able to have Millie. Millie was an independent woman who enjoyed helping others and who was so trustworthy. Millie and Bob went to the same high school and they turned down dates to proms because Millie and Bob loved each other and went as dates to their proms. The inheritance was a way of saying "You reap what you sow." I thought it was unique how even in a fictional story there is a lesson to learn. The image represent the house that Bob and Millie was left and the song "Always and Forever" which I will have below represent how much Bob & Millie love being married to each other.
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