Overwhelmed with emotions (Part 1)

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  1. Quevivacandy says:

    Ok, I just will say she was overwhelmed with emotions because what she means to her, riding to Lakewood with Albert. Lakewood is a very dear place to her because several memories, one of them, she met Albert over there. In CCFS she mention that fact about two times.

    Well, I will not do anymore comments here in case you have discussed them in the other post, lol…

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Yes, QuevivaCandy! In addition, if you remember her first ride to Lakewood on the same route, Stewart introduced to Candy about the Ardlays, telling her how powerful and rich the family was, etc.?

      And now, as incredible as it is, Candy was with the heir of this lineage… 😋😝😉

  2. Evelyn says:

    Hello Ms Puddle! Excellent ideas and comments by all the ladies here! I just want to add that in Spanish is very common to use diminutives (like what you described as eensy weensy) as a way to show affection toward anyone or anything. But for a person weather a son, daughter, brother or “boyfriend or spouse” you can say for example from Bob to Bobby, from Greg to Greggy, from Bert to Bertty but in this case it sounds better to translate little Bert. In Spanish when you use an eensy weensy you add an “ito or ita” ending to the word. In English it would be adding a “y or ie” right? So an endearing name in Spanish for the word “my love” would be “mi amor and you can turn it into Mi Amorcito” or my little love or cutie love, but it is not necessarily talking about the love for a child, but it can definitely be used toward the person you love and wish to be kind and more intimate with! So I completely get it when you explain the little Bert or cutie Bert, either way it’s an endearing and more intimate way of calling Albert!! And she thanked him for lelling her call him this way! 😉

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Yes dear Evelyn. Thanks so much for your input, and I bet in every culture people do something similar to express endearments, not only to young adorable kids but also to their significant others (adults). 😍

      I think some people have entirely missed the significance of this particular nickname. Yes, Rosemary used to call Albert “Little Bert”, but it doesn’t mean he had to tell anyone about it, now that he was a grown up. Yet, he chose to reveal this to Candy and even wanted her to call him that way. That’s why, as you said, Candy was surprised but happy and honored to be given such a privilege. 💕💓💖 What’s more, she enjoyed calling him Little Bert again and again!

      Unfortunately, some people have misinterpreted his action as treating Candy like his sister or family. 😓 (Sometimes I think these people can’t decide whether Albert was a father figure or a big brother to Candy, LOL 😜😝) First, he had already expressed how much he disliked being an adoptive father. Besides, in another part of CCFS he had also told her he didn’t want people to mistake her for his sister.

      It beats me why some people can totally ignore these clearly written facts. 🙄😌

  3. Vera García says:

    A cordial greeting and a warm hug.

    Es muy interesante el análisis de su post como siempre.
    En lo personal considero que Candy expresa como su alma se relacionaba con esas tres facetas de Albert; las dos primeras que han sido importantes en su vida y la tercera que es y será fundamental en su vida.
    La del Príncipe de la Colina: Donde ya no hay añoranza; porque lo ha encontrado y aunque fue una sorpresa agradable saber que era Albert, su alma está en calma al haberlo encontrado por fin.
    La del tío abuelo William: Después de tanto tiempo de querer expresarle directamente su agradecimiento, lo consigue bajo unas circunstancias un tanto extrañas, que al final le permitieron realizarlo. Dándole a su alma paz.
    La del pequeño Bert: En la cual su alma esta en un estado de emoción, alegría y esperanza, porque la relación con el pequeño Bert es una relación más intima; en donde todo lo que implica el amor lo encierra. Esto siempre me recuerda el fragmento de 1Cor 13, 1-4.

    Su amiga Vera García.

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Hola Vera, buenas noches! 😍

      Well said, mi amiga! Clap clap clap… 👏👏👏 Indeed, there’s no more longing to find her Prince on the Hill. Found him at last despite being surprised. Granduncle William, yes, she had yearned to express her gratitude to him, but in CCFS, she couldn’t do so at the discovery.

      Those identities belonged to the past, and she had peace in her heart with regards to “them”. On the other hand, Candy had always known Albert as Albert, and now he let her use an intimate nickname, likely a secret between him and Rosemary. That speaks volumes about Candy’s relationship with Albert, and as you said, she had excitement, joy and hope of her future with him. 💓❤💕

      Abrazos y besos! 😍

  4. Candy Bert says:

    Hello Ms Puddle thank you for this new serie! 😍 👍

    It’s quite obvious that Candy entirely trusted Albert, she would follow him with closed eyes!

    Cutie Bert, I like very much this nickname!

    Now she is with her Prince of the Hill and with Grand Oncle William, in French when you say you are with someone means you are dating with this person you are in a relationship, I don’t know if it the same significance in Japanese language. It’s like she addressed to Cutie Bert, the person she used to know very well since she was living with him more than two years, by speaking of his two other identities! Like she confessed him her great emotion: she was emotionally overwhelmed, she insisted on emotion with the word “emotionally”.

    It’s obvious too that to know who is her Prince, her first love, didn’t bother her at all, but all the contrary she cherished that dearly! 💘 She wanted to be sure that Albert knew her true feelings, probably she didn’t say to him yet “I love you”, it could be improper at this time for a woman to say that so directly, I think she only begun to show him her true feelings perhaps timidly. Sometimes it’s easier to write than to say deep feelings above all at the beginning.
    It is the typical behaviour of a girl in love! For me too, they were in a relationship, the very beginning of it! 💑 💓 😉

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Bonjour Candy Bert! Glad you like this post and the name Cutie Bert 👶😝.

      I totally agree with you that Candy sounded like she was already in a relationship with her Cutie Bert 💑👫 , likely just started.

      When I first read these three particular lines, I actually thought Candy meant she was in the car with Albert that made her emotional… Because she recalled the time when she had left Pony’s Home heading towards Lakewood.

      However, only recently I realized she said “NOW with Prince on the Hill and Granduncle William” in two sentences, and she found it unbelievable too. That speaks volumes, doesn’t it? 😉😋😊

      To me, that trip was a date, and like you said, I sense that Candy wanted Albert to know her feelings. She couldn’t quite express herself, but she expected him to understand her. Again, that says a lot about their friendship. You’re right, my friend, that it’s the typical behavior of a girl in love. 💕❤💓 Don’t forget that near the end of this letter, she thanked her parents for abandoning her so that she could meet him… Sigh… 😌😍

  5. reeka says:

    Hooray! Another series 🙂

    I am going to be really quick as I am about to go out, but I need to deliver my thought before I forget.

    On paragraph 4, you explained about Candy comparing her previous trip to Lakewood many many years ago and the current one she’s doing with Albert. Reading that, suddenly I remember another part in CCFS. When 30s year old Candy recollected her memory about The Leagans, she said ” When I was very young, got excited, I arrived at the (Leagan) mansion in Lakewood from Pony’s Home. Those days, all those tears have turned to the brilliant beautiful memories now.” — quoted from CCFS spoiler I have.

    Yeah, I think I agree with you, Ms Puddle. They had been in a relationship at that Lakewood trip. At the very least, their mutual feeling toward each other had been obvious and they’re positive about their future together.

    Okay, I’ll be back later on. 🙂

    xx

    • Ms Puddle says:

      Thank you Reeka dear, for your enthusiasm! 😘😍

      You read my mind once again! I was going to mention that passage soon. 😉😄

      I totally agree with you about Candy and Albert possibly being in a relationship. No matter how you look at it, by then they had sensed their mutual feelings for each other. 💓❤💕

      I was so tired last night when writing this that I found that I didn’t express my thoughts well, so I rewrote parts of the post this morning. 😝😋

      Looking forward to reading more of your thoughts on this. 😍

      • reeka says:

        Hello there, my friend!

        So, here in this letter, Candy basically let Albert know that as opposite as her first time passing through the same road to lakewood where she had been a poor orphan who would only be a play mate to two spoiled brats, NOW she was with her prince and her Uncle William. Of course we should not read it as Candy saw Albert as her adoptive father ( who knows someone wants to bring this issue! Grr) here because she clearly assured Albert it was the last time. We should see it as how overwhelmed she was that now she was feeling complete.

        Like you said, Ms Puddle. The ride many years ago had been a beginning of a change in her fate. Can I say it had been a road to become Ms. Ardley. After so many serendipities happened to her and her prince, now she was having this trip with Cutie Bert. A road to become Mrs. Ardley. 🙂

        Btw, I love Cutie Bert more than Little Bert. Though if I were Candy, I would have called him Baby Bert. 😉

        • Ms Puddle says:

          Hi there, Reeka, you’re back 🙂

          I like Baby Bert, my friend 👏💓❤. Actually any cute or sweet name will do. Imagine a company president like Albert, the powerful patriarch, letting Candy call him with a name like that… 😋😉

          No, definitely not adoptive father nor family love. Those who insist on that intentionally ignore Albert’s obvious message in his short letter to Candy before. 😌

          Yes, she probably felt complete to be with someone she loved at last. He was serious in making her happy too… I really like your comparisons of two trips, one becoming Ms. Ardlay and the other becoming Mrs. Ardlay! I have something similar in mind, but you put it together nicely, Reeka! 😍💕 Thank you!

          • reeka says:

            Yeah … obviously someone would not believe their ears if they heard Candy call him that way. Not only was he a powerful patriarch and a prominent public figure, his apparent was also very manly ( yummy!) to be called such way. 😀

            About Candy being overwhelmed and she believed Albert could understand her even though she didn’t manage to say it … yeah, who else could understand her better than him, right? Vice versa to Albert, that’s why I guess only to Candy he could tell his growing pains.

            Hahahaa, it only happens once in a blue moon that I can put some ideas together better than you 😀 , usually they’re stuck in my head. It’s just .. I sensed a subtle message from Mizuki by comparing these two similar trips. It matched some other points on CCFS. Like I can relate it to Ms Pony’s saying about what waits us behind the bend; to Candy’s thought about those tears she had when lived with Leagans was now a wonderful memory. About being grateful to be abandoned in Pony’s Home.

            Ms Puddle, even I recently have thought that the very last scene on CCFS was felt familiar. I remembered the moment Albert found Candy crying in the dark worrying about Terry ( manga). At that moment Albert could only watched her silently. Do you think when Anohito switched on the light, it was right on the moment he was entering the room? 🙂 Of course not, right? A servant must have told him where the lady was and he must have watched her for a while.

            xx

            • Ms Puddle says:

              Indeed Reeka, this nickname is highly likely a secret between Candy and Albert… It’s such a cute name after all 👶, and yes, he was confident and manly enough to be addressed in such a way by a special woman in his life.

              I can’t believe some people said this shows that Albert treated Candy as his sister/family, because this was the name Rosemary had given him. They totally missed the point that it was Albert who had told Candy this secret name, and apparently he wanted her to call him that from now on, possibly only in private (no more POTH or Granduncle). This signifies their intimacy and the advance in their relationship … ❤💕

              Exactly, the trust and understanding they shared with each other is undeniable. Terry could never measure up… 😌😝

              My friend please don’t be too modest. You do have brilliant ideas, and the ones you listed above were all clues… Telling us with whom Candy would end up. Sigh… 😍

              About the last scene, that’s very insightful, my dear!! That’s probably true, and we can sense how much they loved each other still, after all these years. 💑💖💕

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    […] I don’t think this meant Albert regarded Candy as his sister, like some people said. On the contrary, he took the initiative to be more intimate with her by letting her address him with the name given by his beloved sister, and note that nobody else was given such privilege. As Candy was indisputably overjoyed, she must have understood his intentions. In English, the nuance is somewhat lost, because Candy used すごく twice in a row, which by itself already has one of the following meanings: very, really, extremely, tremendously, etc. Maybe Candy had to express how joyful she felt. 😄 Later in the letter she continued to describe her feelings during the day trip, and if you like, you can read my series Overwhelmed with Emotions. […]

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