Saturday, July 21

when i was aboard the RMS Titanic

while in BC this week, i went to the museum in Victoria. there was this exhibit on the Titanic that i was majorly looking forward to since i've always been fascinated and truly in love with anything to do with the Titanic. it was really interesting and at the beginning we were all given a fake boarding pass with names of real people who boarded the RMS Titanic. what were the chances that i would get the boarding pass of Madeleine Astor, the 18 year old pregnant wife of the richest man in the United States and on the Titanic?
i was fascinated by it. here's my story:
I was sailing from Cherbourg on April 10, 1912. My passenger name is Mrs. John Jacob Astor (Madeleine Talmadge Force), aged 18 from New York, New York. i was travelling with Colonel John Jacob Astor IV (husband), Rosalie Bidois (maid), Caroline Endres (nurse), Victor Robbins (manservant), and my dog Kitty, an airedale. i was travelling in first class in cabin # C-62-64 travelling to New York, New York. The reason? The Astor's had been on an extended honeymoon in Egypt and Paris and decided to return to America when Madeleine learned that she was expecting a child. Passenger fact? The Astor's wedding created quite a stir in New York's elite social circles. At 18, Madeleine was a year younger than her husband's oldest son Vincent.

i wondered how it would be like if i lived her life. once my mom found out my passenger was pregnant, she hastily took it away but laughed it off when she gave it back. and i proudly announced to my family and relatives that my husband's picture was hanging on the wall, and that i had been mentioned in the story about him.

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