HELENA RUTH STANTON
BASIC INFORMATION
FULL NAME: Helena Ruth Stanton
NICKNAME:
AGE & DOB: 18 September 1967 (43)

FAMILY:
  • Robert Stanton, Father (64)
  • Holly Copeland Stanton, Mother (63)
  • Julia Stanton Parker, Sister (38)
  • Holden Parker, Nephew (4)
  • George Matthew Williams, Son (26)
  • Daphne Williams, Daughter (23)
GENDER: Female
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 5'3" & 104 lbs.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
MARITAL STATUS:

RESIDENCE:
HOMETOWN: Kilgore, Texas

OCCUPATION: Creative Writing Professor
PERSONALITY
OVERALL

Helena learned from her mother to be a very studious individual. From an early age, the importance of her education had been instilled in her through several lectures her mother gave about life. It wasn't until she was much older that she understood her mother had kept her hidden behind books and schoolwork to keep her from becoming a statistic, but by the time she had graduated, the third-wave of feminism had already taken over the country and many women across the United States were rebelling against the establishment and male dominancy. Through her academic studies (both secondary and post-secondary), her duties and obligations to the church, and the household chores, she had developed a certain undeniable work ethic that her mother could only credit to her father. He worked long hours in the oil field, and so she helped her mother take on many roles while he put the bread of the table, so to speak. As with many college students, however, she found herself buried in her coursework while she tried to limit the amount of debt she incurred. These workaholic tendencies followed her throughout her personal life and career. While it presented her with more opportunities, it ruined her personal relationships and led to her divorce.

No matter how tough things got though, she always held on. Growing up in the East Texas area, she learned that when life knocked you down, you had to get back up again. Throughout her life, just as her father and grandfather had, she grew up with stories about how they sacrificed their education to work in the oil field and support their families. Being the first daughter in many years in a long line of Stantons, she was the first to not join the oil field, not that her mother or father would've let her. They were counting on their children to bring their family up in the world, and with that in mind, she worked steadfastly towards her goals of graduating from high school and then going to university. She didn't know what she wanted to major in immediately, but with a love for literature and a passion for writing, she eventually settled into a career of television writing. Her original goal, however, was to become a published author, and for many years, she continued to write her novel off and on until the birth of her children. It wasn't until after she went back to school to obtain her M.F.A. in Creative Writing that she decided to get back to that novel. This though had come after a major career change in which she took a position at NYU as a creative writing professor.

Following her divorce, she moved back to California in an attempt to pick up from where she left off. Not wanting to raise their children in Los Angeles, they had moved to New York City in 2000 when her ex-husband was offered a teaching position. Later, his contacts at NYU became useful to her, but after having worked on a television show in New York between 2000 and 2007 as an executive story editor, she was contacted about co-producing a new reality television series that followed the lives of three powerful men in Orange County from both criminal and professional backgrounds. When the series was abruptly canceled in 2009 due to the death of one of their male leads, she attempted to hold up her own by forming relationships with producers, directors, and actors alike, violating her own strict moral code. Feeling defeated, she contacted her family and moved back home to East Texas in order to re-discover herself and her roots. The time she spent with her family allowed her to prioritize her life and put things in perspective. She started regularly attending church again, investing much of her time in studying the Bible and eventually decided to go back to school and obtain her M.F.A. Having completed what she'd set out to do and reclaim herself as an independent woman, she decided that it was about time she reconnected with her children - and for their sake - her ex-husband. This prompted her to move back to New York where she was offered the position at NYU.

She wanted to prove to her ex-husband that she was far from the cold woman he thought she was when they divorced. Though it was true they they'd grown apart, she'd never stopped caring about her family. When she went to work every day, it was her boys and her daughter that was on her mind. The problem was that in their later years, she wasn't around enough to express that. As young children, even though she had been job hopping at the time, she had a very close relationship with them. This relationship, of course, extended all the way back to when her ex-husband had been finishing up his various degrees. She had been determined to make sure that one of them, at least, reached their goals, and considering that he was much further along in his education, it was only fair and natural that she put hers on hold. Plus, she had needed the time off to prepare herself and their home for the birth of their children. By spending time with her family, especially her younger sister and her four-year-old nephew, she had immersed herself in those motherly roles again and retrained herself to be a caretaker rather than just a provider. However, she has a tendency to be rather clingy and sometimes over-protective as she herself subconsciously doubts her parenting skills, and the fact that she's still in love with her ex-husband serves as a reminder that she must have failed in some way as his wife.

LIKES & DISLIKES

Likes: Asian cuisine, classic novels, country and pop music, Disney, musical theatre and film, pop art, Tazo tea, teen idols, trail mix, train whistles Dislikes: body modification, Facebook apps, flying, graffiti, horror films, jeans with holes, rap music, reality television, sirens, tornadoes

RELIGION

Bred and raised to be a good, little Baptist like her parents, Helena attended the Wednesday evening and Sunday morning church services with her family. Wednesday night, being the middle of the week, was the service most looked forward to as they sat down to share a meal with the community. In the beginning, she attended one of the various youth groups designed for the children by age group and then attended Bible study classes before the weekly service. Sunday mornings were a bit special as the Bible study classes were generally designed for much smaller children to learn the word of the Lord, and as she became older, she began helping the Bible study leaders to help teach the smaller children to interpret the events and moral lessons in the Bible through games and other activities. Although she had the option to just attend the weekly services and adult Bible study classes that most children called "big church," she found that she enjoyed interacting with the young ones and continued to work with the church until she left for university.

Having attended church just as much as she attended school, the phrase "Christianity isn't a relgion; it's a lifestyle," had become her motto just as much as it was her parents'. Among Dandelion Wine and several other works, the Bible was her favorite book and she read passages from it every day, finding a new verse to study and somehow incorporate into her daily activities. Moreoever, just like she revered and respected the law, she lived by the Ten Commandments and listened to her mother and father when they lectured her about all aspects of life, especially love and boys. It wasn't until she met her ex-husband that she committed what she considered her first major sin and broke one of the Ten Commandments: thou shall not commit adultery. The fact that she technically lived in sin for the next seven years strained her relationship with her parents, but she assured her mother that she was in love and that they would soon be married. They were just waiting for the right time, which didn't happen to come until after their second child was born.

Since those days, her hold on religion as a way of life has not weakened but rather grown in a different direction. Now with quite a few decades behind her, she has learned that there are some things in the Bible that you must interpret yourself and not allow others to interpret for you. People worship in many different ways, and while as a youth she had been a die-hard Baptist, she had broadened her horizons with her education and opened her mind. Her parents, relatives, and friends back home were all, for the most part, believers in the fire-and-brimstone aspect of the Bible, but she believed that God was merciful and loved all of His children equally, regardless of any label that was slapped against them. As long as they believed in Him, worshipped Him, and truly felt remorse for their sins, He would forgive them and allow them to join Him in Heaven. Sometimes, she even wondered if there really was a Hell and if not, maybe Hell is what everyone collectively called Earth. In this respect, she considered herself to be non-demoninational, and it was these beliefs that helped her get through her divorce and the financial hardships that followed afterward. Her strong connection to God is what saved her and led her to obtain her M.F.A. and move back to New York so that she could reconnect with her children and hopefully her ex-husband.

BIOGRAPHY
 

Founded in 1872, the little town of Kilgore, Texas was the perfect setting for two high school sweethearts, Robert Stanton and Holly Copeland, to begin their lives together. Following their graduation from Kilgore High School in 1965, Robert Stanton joined his father in the East Texas oil field industry which transformed the sleepy farming community into a bustling boom town back in the 1930s. The oil field was the largest in East Texas and - for many Kilgore residents - their livelihood. Those who weren't involved in the farming industry worked in the oil field, and as word of the oil boom spread throughout the country, able-bodied men began flocking to the area in hopes of finding work. The Stantons, a multi-generational family extending back to the town's early days, had a long history with the oil industry. Robert's father, a star athlete in his day, had dropped out of high school to join his father and many others in the oil field when the Great Depression threatened to take everything they owned. He had been just sixteen years old at the time, but without the meager wages they were being offered, he was almost certain his family would starve. Robert grew up hearing this story, knowing one day he too would join his own father in the oil field and provide for his own family just as his father did, so when Holly Copeland confessed that she was pregnant, the two were immediately married and later brought their first daughter, Helena Ruth Stanton, into the world on Monday, September 18, 1967. Their second daughter, Julia Stanton, was born 5 years later in 1972.

Not having the opportunity to attend college, Holly took charge of Helena's education and later, Julia's as well. A God-fearing woman who was afraid that her daughters might follow her example, she opted to home-school her children rather than enroll them in Kilgore ISD. In doing so, she not only ensured their safety but also was able to keep a wary eye on them at all times. Though Robert worked long hours in the oil field, he made it very clear that his word was law in their household, and neither of the girls were to date until they were at least sixteen years old. This included going to football games or the drive-in movies, not that the girls were very interested in football. They were too busy with their school work and too involved with the church scene to pay any attention to silly, testosterone-filled boys tackling each other for possession of a pigskin, especially Helena. She attended the Wednesday evening church service with other girls her age, many of them whom were the children of her parents' friends, and on Sunday mornings, she helped teach the bible study classes for the little ones. If she wasn't at church, she was at home studying with Julia and helping her mother with the household chores and living the East Texas lifestyle. Since her father didn't get home till after dark, her mother counted on her to help put dinner on the table and make sure Julia took a bath. However, when the day was over and the family began settling down for the night, Helena buried herself in one of the classics. In fact, her favorite book was Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine. Her copy of it was so old that the threads that held the pages together in the spine were beginning to tear loose, and for her thirteen birthday, her mother and father bought her a first edition copy.

The summer of 1982, Helena attended church camp with Julia and formed a close relationship with the pastor's son, Elijah Reid. Four years older than Helena, he had already graduated from high school and was acting as camp counselor for the boys. There were at least eight other girls her age and slightly younger at camp that summer, and every single one of them had a crush on Elijah except for Helena. Though she openly admitted that he was rather cute, he led the boys in trying to show up the girls in friendly competition in all of the camp activities. She was highly competitive and accepted his challenge, drawing a straight line between attraction and competition, and the night the boys rigged the girls' cabin, she declared an all-out war. Throughout the summer, the boys and girls played prank after prank on each other, which eventually ended in a water balloon fight. The catch? Each of the water balloons had been filled with paint overnight. Drenched from head to toe in a rainbow of colors, there was one more thing the girls needed to do to claim their victory. Waiting in a hidden location, Helena was to stealthily sneak over to the boys' cabin and mount a flag they had made during arts and crafts, but in broad daylight, that was a hard task to complete. When she was given the signal, she crawled through the bushes and slid her back up against the trees, her blue eyes on constant guard as she slowly made her way towards the cabin. Elijah, who had been attempting to wash the paint from his hair, noticed Helena creeping towards the cabin and caught her just as she was about to climb the roof. As the boys' counselor, he should've written her up, but seeing her determined, paint-speckled face was endearing. Against his better judgement, he kissed her and told her to mount that flag quickly before someone saw them. Although Helena was sad to see the summer come and go, she had much bigger things to look forward to.

Worried that Helena's home-school education might not grant her entrance to big name universities, her mother enrolled her at Kilgore High School. Because she had been home-schooled, she was actually ahead of her peers and placed in advanced classes that required her full attention. She didn't have the time to fritter away chasing boys like her girlfriends did, nor was she particularly interested in having a boyfriend. At that point in her life, the one man her attention was devoted to was God and, of course, her father. They were the most important men in her life and gave a sense of direction she knew no overly-hormonal, teenage boy could provide. Instead, like the good girl she was, she spent quite a bit of time in the library studying and doing research for papers and book reports. Eventually, she was approached by the editor of the school newspaper, the Kilgore Mirror, and asked to join the staff as one of their contributing writers. The editor had been put up to it by her English teachers, hoping that her writing would bring back a spark to their formerly award-winning newspaper. As if she didn't have several other commitments, Helena eagerly agreed to joining the newspaper staff at the beginning of her sophomore year. This marked a turning point in her notoriety at school. Though she wasn't considered popular or occupied a place among the more well-off students, her name became a familiar one among the student body as she interviewed just about everyone accessible to her. They became even more familiar with her when she auditioned for the fall musical and got a leading role. She later wrote a spectacular review on the alternate cast who played Saturday night and Sunday afternoon during its run. At the end of her junior year, the advisor asked her to re-apply for the following year and take the graduating editor's place, which she didn't refuse. In 1985, she graduated from Kilgore High School in the top 10% and enrolled in Kilgore College for the fall semester.

A prestigious junior college established just after the oil boom, Kilgore College was not only affordable and close to home, it gave Helena that small amount of time she needed to declare her major and figure out what she wanted to do with her life. Those first two years of college were invaluable to her as her professors taught her not just about the subjects in which they specialized but life as well. In particular, her government professor was a character. He was very laid back, his language sometimes verging on the obscene, and his teaching method quite unconventional. Each daily topic revolved around a very intricate skit that engaged the class's imagination and was designed to provoke and challenge his students. At first, she wasn't sure how to react to his eccentric behavior and his radical teaching method, but throughout the semester, she began to understand him. He was crying out to his students. He wanted them to speak, not just think. Looking around, she could see that many of her peers didn't have minds of their own or didn't care to confront each other with their opinions. Unlike them, she wasn't a voice with no volume, and several of her former classmates from high school new Helena was very opinionated. It was no surprised that she turned out to be a democrat amongst a sea of die-hard republicans. Even though her mother and father were republicans, she didn't subscribe to their political doctrine. She was a rapidly developing feminist determined to break through the barrier of the stereotypical southern woman's lifestyle, and when she graduated with her Associate's degree in 1987, she made a big decision and transferred to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to pursue a Bachelor's degree in creative writing, hoping that maybe she could influence a generation of women through her writing.

Close to New England, Helena was far, far away from the little East Texas town in which she'd grown up, but her thirst for knowledge and freedom kept her from feeling homesick. At first, Pittsburgh was a bit of a culture shock with its fast-paced lifestyle and its twenty-four-seven operation, but she quickly found that living in the city versus the countryside was a lot more convenient for a young college student such as herself. She was always on-the-go, pounding cups of coffee and studying until the wee hours of the morning when her head hit the desk from exhaustion, and the fact that most stores closed up for the night around eight or nine o'clock back home had screwed her over more than once. The biggest city in the area was Tyler, which although boasted of a large population and several colleges and universities, was spread out over the East Texas landscape and not quite developed as Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh was a waterfront city with an extensive transportation system and plenty to see and do. The closest she'd ever been to a metropolitan area like Pittsburgh was Dallas, San Antonio, and even Houston, which altogether still had a much different culture than the northeast. Still, the city definitely had its own charm and effectively stole her heart. The first time she phoned home to tell her mother about the city, she knew her daughter was never coming back, but she was happy for her all the same. Julia was a bit heart-broken that she had left, but at sixteen years old, she would get over it quickly and resume life as normal. The biggest development in Helena's life was that she'd met an intelligent and good-looking young man in her writing classes who was pursuing a Master's degree.

At twenty-five years old, Bret Williams was six years older than her, as most of her past crushes had been, but being in her twenties herself - albeit the earlier part - there was something significantly different about her attraction to her classmate. Considerably more mature than the awkward teenage girl at summer camp, she wasn't taken with his looks but rather his mind. He had a way with words that kept her attention rapt when he spoke, and his intelligence was beyond that of most college students back home. That was what instantly caught her eye. Having been born in the deep south himself, there was a certain sense familiarity in his soul that she found great comfort in, and they both related to each other in such a way that many city dwellers didn't understand nor cared to understand. All of these factors and more, such as a mutual interest in art, led them to begin what became Helena's first adult relationship. They skipped Hand-Holding 101 altogether and delved straight into the more aggressive, physical step of an adult relationship. It was the first time in her life that she had disregarded her own moral code, but she had fallen so in love with him that it only seemed like the natural thing to do. Even though it didn't shake her core beliefs, she still prayed to the Lord for forgiveness of her sins, but a couple months into their relationship, she scheduled a doctor's appointment only to find out what she thought was a stomach virus was actually her first pregnancy. In her excitement and nervousness, she didn't even think to tell Bret first and phoned her mother straightaway. What her mother and father had to say about her pregnancy she could only expect from a Baptist family, but she promised them that she would take care of everything. Julia seemed to be the only one who didn't have a problem with it. Helena immediately told Bret after the fight with her parents, and the two decided it would be best if they moved in together.

In the meanwhile, both continued their studies - as Helena was bent on finishing what she started - and preparing for the birth of their first child. She read every piece of mommy-to-be literature that she could get her hands on, flagging the pages that were written specifically for and about daddies-to-be as well, knowing that Bret would want to read them too. As the months progressed, she began nesting and baby-proofing their home, even though the baby wouldn't be walking till about nine to twelve months as the literature stated. Being so far away from her mother only made her nervous as they came closer and closer to the due date, so Helena signed them up for child birthing classes, just so that she'd know what to expect during labor from someone who had been in her position at some point in her life. At the seven-month mark, Helena's mother sent her a check on behalf of the whole family to buy things like diapers, bottles, and formula when the baby came since none of them would be able to travel to Pittsburgh when the time came. On Thursday, August 8, 1984, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, George Matthew Williams. Three years later, while Bret was just finishing his Master's degree, Helena decided to put her education on the back burner to make way for their second child. Having already been stepped through the process once, she wasn't quite as nervous and urged Bret to finish his degree rather than take time off to help take care of their children. Next to their growing family, their education was the most important thing to them, and wanting their children to have the best possible start in life, she thought it best that things remain the way they were. Their second child, a daughter they named Daphne, was born later that November on Friday, the 27th.

The following year, Bret obtained his M.F.A. in screenwriting and immediately began research for his dissertation. This time period was marked with several visits to Atlanta, Georgia where his parents resided, but Helena generally stayed home with the children during these visits and was busily working working on a novel. Though the time away from each other allowed them to concentrate on their work, Bret was sorely missed by not only Helena but his children as well. The separation anxiety was sometimes hard on them as they didn't quite understand why their father was so busy all the time, but as he began nearing the end of his research, he was home more frequently. In 1990, Bret finally popped the question and planned their wedding for New Year's Day 1991. Between working on his dissertation and their beautiful children, however, planning the wedding was a huge undertaking that Helena eventually put her novel on hold for. Her family couldn't be there for the birth of George or Daphne, but she planned on flying them out to Pittsburgh for their wedding. This required her to start saving every penny she could, clipping coupons for just about everything and comparing prices in stores on the necessities. Sometimes, they did without other luxury items so that they could reach a monthly goal they had set for purchasing their airfare, and as their wedding day neared, chaos ran rampant throughout their household. With two children, this was only to be expected, and considering how tight they were for money, they were holding up extremely well. Once they were married and falling back into their normal schedule, things began to run much smoother until the Williams received a call from one of their friends at Carnegie Mellon, offering Helena a job on a upcoming television show. The catch this time? The job required her to move to Los Angeles, and because Bret was so close to finishing his dissertation, she and the children would have to suffer a year without him.

In 1995, after finishing his Doctorate degree, Bret finally moved out to Southern California with his family, but shortly after, things slowly started going downhill. Though his moving to Los Angeles did wonders for his relationship with his children, Helena was job hopping so frequently that their marriage eventually became strained. She was hardly ever at home, and what little time she had to herself was spent catching up on some much needed rest. Since Bret began teaching at the University of California at Los Angeles, he was left to do most of the house work while Helena was meeting with producers, directors, actors, and so many others. Whatever studio she happened to be working for required her presence at the push of a button, but with the industry changing so much and trends going in and out of style towards the end of the 90s, it became hard to hang onto a job when she had it. Also, she didn't necessarily want to raise her children in such a seedy environment and neither did Bret, so in 2000 when New York University contacted him about a position at their prestigious school, he said goodbye to UCLA and the Williams set out for New York City. So rich with culture and a much classier environment than the one their children had been living in the past six years, they immediately fell in love with their new home but were still falling out of love with each other. By 2005, the fights had increased significantly and the two seemingly went out of their way to avoid each other. Their children grown, they weren't around as much to witness the more violent fights, but every time they spent time together, they could feel the tension in the air. Their relationship just wasn't the same anymore, and instead of trying to fix their problems, they filed for divorce in 2006 after Bret had a six-month affair with his teaching assistant. Helena never knew. The divorce was finalized in 2007, leaving Helena utterly heart-broken as she never believed this day would truly come. However, with their children grown and off doing their own thing, she had nothing keeping her in New York and moved back to Los Angeles to work on a faux-reality television show.

Quite popular for a time, the show lasted until mid-2009 when it was abruptly canceled. Their lead actor, who had gained a reputation for partying, had died of an overdose of heroin at some hotel party, and once again, Helena was out of a job. After several a couple failed relationships, some with directors and others with producers as she tried to squeeze herself back into the industry, she found herself in a very dark place. She was far from the good Christian woman she used to be, her moral standards having lowered considerably after the divorce. Rather than looking for a meaningful relationship, she was using sex as a way to fill a void, but instead, it only made her feel emptier than she did before. She had no family and no true friends in Los Angeles, so after she was let go from yet another television show, she moved back to Kilgore to take some time to get to know herself again. After high school, Julia never left and chose to raise a family right there in town. Her son had been born in 2007 long after Helena's divorce had been finalized, and so she began to spend time with them and started regularly attending church again. Seeing her sister's happy family all dressed up every Wednesday night and Sunday morning motivated her to finish up her M.F.A. in creative writing through the University of Texas at El Paso online and move back to New York feeling accomplished and ready to begin the healing process. She wanted a relationship with her children and to reconnect with Bret. After all, he was the father of their children, and one day, they would have children of their own. She didn't want family get-togethers to be marked with excessive family disputes and drama, and the truth was she still loved him, no matter how bad things may have gotten between them. She had to get him back at all costs.

Not long after Helena found an apartment in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, she contacted NYU about a full-time teaching position. Having just obtained her M.F.A. in creative writing, they were more than happy to receive her application and after several interviews, she began preparing to teach her first set of students. Since she arrived back in New York, she hasn't had the time to contact her children, let alone her ex-husband who was reportedly still teaching film classes at the university. Recently, she found out that her new apartment isn't too far from her ex-husband's home, which ought to make this a very interesting semester.

FILMOGRAPHY
TELEVISION SHOWS
AS A STAFF WRITER:
  • Without Fences (1994)
  • Lone Star (1995)
  • Prison City (1996)
AS A STORY EDITOR:
  • Shutterbug (1997)
  • Shipwrecked (1997-2000)
AS AN EXECUTIVE STORY EDITOR:
  • Lifeline (2000-2007)
AS A CO-PRODUCER:
  • Kings of Orange County (2007-2009)
EDUCATION
DEGREES
High School Diploma: Kilgore High School '85
Associate's: Kilgore College '87, A.A.
Bachelor's: Carnegie Mellon University '89, B.A.
Master's: The University of Texas '10, M.F.A.
HOURS
SCHEDULE
Office Hours: M/W 1:30-4:30, F 1:30-4:30
Intro to Poetry & Fiction: M/W 9:30-10:45
Master Class in Fiction: M 9:30-12:10
Intermediate Fiction Workshop: F 9:30-12:15
Independent Study: Web
Contact
Office: TISCH LC4
Telephone: 212-998-1916
Email: helena.stanton@nyu.edu
Twitter: hrstanton
Calendar
University Academic Calendar: Fall 2010 - Summer 2011
FAMILY
JULIA STANTON
Being siblings, they fought like cats and dogs, but Julia always looked up to her older sister. Unlike Helena, she didn't have an enthusiasm for education - or the good sense to refuse the romantic advancement of men, but she hadn't always been that way. As a child, she was very concentrated on her schoolwork and a good Christian girl. As per their father's rules, she didn't date until she was sixteen years old, but by that time, Helena had already gone off to university and left Julia to her own devices. Without Helena to talk to about things she would dare speak to her mother about, she let things take what she thought was their natural course. In her senior year of high school, she found herself pregnant, but a streak of partying caused a miscarriage and nearly forced her to move out. The family was able to set aside their differences as long as she promised to cut the booze and find a job. However, this didn't keep her from seeing other men. In 2003, she met her ex-boyfriend and in 2007, gave birth to his child, a boy they named Holden.
BRET WILLIAMS
Married for fifteen years and divorced for four, he was everything she had ever dreamed of as a little girl. They met while they were completing course work for their respective degrees, and a few months into their relationship, she found out she was pregnant and the two quickly moved in together. Three years later, after their son, they welcomed their daughter into the world and later moved to Los Angeles. after she was offered a position on a television show. Four years into their marriage, their relationship became strained due to her job hopping, and not wanting to raise their children in Los Angeles, they moved to New York City in 2000 where he had gotten a job teaching classes at NYU. Six years down the road, the two filed for divorce after their marriage had dissolved and finalized it in February 2007. Since she moved back to New York City to teach creative writing classes at NYU, they have been socializing quite amiably.
GEORGE MATTHEW WILLIAMS
Mama's little boy until he was old enough to be embarrassed by her constant coddling, George is the first-born child between Helena and Bret, and as such, he was subjected to the experimental parenting of the young couple, which in the end helped to produce a very intelligent mind. By the age of three, he already had younger sister, Daphne, and in 1991, at the age of six, his parents were finally married. However, this was just the beginning of several events that would help to shape the person he became. In 1994, when Helena was offered a job in Los Angeles, she packed up the children and moved them out California, but due to Bret's continuing education, he didn't follow them until a year later. By then, George was already ten years old and understood that their family situation was much different compared to the standard. He had become increasingly upset due to his father's absence in his life - whether it was his studies or his own career - and it became even more hectic and difficult as his mother began job hopping due to cancelations and other various problems. For the next five years, not only did the relationship between his parents deteriorate, but the relationship between his mother and himself began to as well. More to come.
DAPHNE WILLIAMS
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OOC INFO
PLAYER CONTACT
TIME ZONE: Central Standard Time
PREFERENCES: Threading
CONTACT: Journal
JOURNAL & AIM: hrstanton & --
MISCELLANEOUS
GAME: GAME
LYRICS: "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum
PLAYED BY: Gillian Anderson