The Upgrowth Challenge: The Clark Family

The Antique Generation continues. Life offers many challenges for these Sims. Pregnancy is risky and there is no medication if a Sim falls ill.

Alice yearns for the approval and support of her parents, but will she find it?

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Time passed and Alice had still not heard a word from her parents. She couldn’t believe they could just move on and completely forget about her as if she never existed.

Lucille had kept her busy and she soon found herself expecting a second child.





This time Lucille had a son. They named him Nelson. The pregnancy had been difficult and she hoped that it would be the last one. They had little money and Samuel had little time to work on improving their small home.




Samuel helped with Lucille when he could, but often he was too busy doing farm work or crafting furniture. If he got done in time, he would read little Lucy a bedtime story.




Samuel brought home a puppy named Bandit. He said it was for Lucy, but he doted on the puppy like it was another child. Lucy loved the puppy and they grew up together. Alice just signed, another mouth to feed and clean up after.

On her birthday, Samuel surprised Lucy with another dog, Maggie. Lucy loved the dogs and spent hours training them. They became fast friends.



How Alice’s life had changed. She had grown up with a nanny, cook, and a maid. Now she felt like she was all three in one. Sometimes, she wished that she had listened to her parents, married the wealthy man, and lived in luxury. Then she would watch Samuel with the children and she was glad to have them.

She had written her parents again after the birth of Nelson. She thought maybe the birth of a new grandson would soften their hearts. No letter came. She began to wonder if she would ever see them again, if they would ever forgive her.



Life was hard on the farm. Samuel worked long hours, stumbling in at night, barely able to eat supper before falling asleep.

One morning he struggled to get out of bed. His head felt like it would explode. He tried to get up and felt dizzy. Maybe a little rest and then he could start his day, he thought as he lay back down. There was no money for a doctor.

Alice was expecting again. She took one look at Samuel and told him to stay in bed.

“Lucy and I will take care of the work,” She told him.



The next day, Samuel was feeling no better. Alice insisted he rest one more day. She took the children to the market. Samuel dragged himself out of bed. He couldn’t neglect the farm two days in a row. He got dressed and then collapsed.

Alice arrived home to find Samuel on the floor, dead. She sank to her knees and sobbed. How would she care for her family, run a farm on her own? She couldn’t do it on her own.



Alice told Lucille she had to be a big girl now and help out more on the farm. She may have to miss school sometimes.

“Don’t worry mama,” Lucille said,”I will help you.”

Once again, Alice wrote to her parents, desperate for help. Surely, they would help her now. They wouldn’t punish their grandchildren for her choices, would they?