” He smiled at her enthusiasm and followed her to the practice green, feeling the blues leaving him for the first time in days. “What’s the bet ...gain? If we’re going to all this trouble, I guess I should know.”“Hmmm,” she pretended to consider with an impish look, “we never did say. What about dinner? Loser buys dinner tonight.”Brett nodded slowly, understanding the situation and wondering if his vacation hadn’t taken a wonderful turn for the better.***“You sure you didn’t let me win?” Shelly’s. At 53, he had decided to not wait around for life to just happen to him anymore. Her passing had been tough on him and their 3 grown c***dren. They had just married off their youngest daughter and were in the midst of settling in to the new realities of being empty nesters for the first time since being first married. His wife Rachelle was a 5’8” blond former athlete like Tim. They had had a decent sex life for the most part. But life kind of gets in the way when you are raising three k**s and. “And one cute little sophomore.” She reached over and pinched Cindy’s reddening cheek. We’d gotten past the point of really considering her age as that much younger than the rest of us except when we could make a joke about it. “The pod parents’ group has been meeting once a month to discuss their children. Granted, Sophie, Nanette, and Donna don’t have parents in that group, but they are also represented. Mom said one of the key topics of conversation has been how the parents contribute to the. DAY 12 – Feb 12th Everyone at school was so excited.. Sugar buzz. Her day flowed at breakneck speed, her school day over almost before it began. Maria was a bundle of excitement as she rushed home. Maria’s gift was delivered by UPS to her back door almost as soon as she arrived. It was a wooden hat rack, some assembly required. Maria saw no note nor message on the box when she opened and removed the wooden pieces. Harry stopped by on his way out the door. Harry, of course, ridiculed such a.