It t’were worth it ‘cause Sandy was mature and ripe at twenty-three and you all know how sweet it is when you pick somethin’ that is mature and ...ipe.As we became old and married, Sandy and I, I could see mama-Lillian waiting in the wings to change me. I figure she had one person to change and I guess she had done a good job on her husband, papa-Sam, but you know what, I think I was going to be a little bit harder to change.Now I would have told anybody (if she hadn’t been my mother-in-law) that. Ashlee and I exchanged looks, neither of us had anything to do and we shrugged our shoulders. Ashlee answered for us. "Nothing dear. What are you thinking about?"Brenda put her fork down and sat up straight in her chair like she was going to make a grand announcement. "Well, I was telling my friends last night about our fancy new condo and when they heard where it was, they were all like 'can we come over.' 'That is so cool?' You know, normal stuff. I wanted to know if I could have a few of. I will protect him, nurture him, bare his children and honor him for the rest of my life. I am at peace.’ Tears ran down her cheeks. I stood without thinking and lifted her to me. We embraced and kissed again. Buzz said, ‘Kissing is enough for now. Please, go get dressed and meet me on the front porch. You may hold each other and continue to kiss. I must call Walt.’ She hurried into her house. Kay and I walked to the porch and dressed. We walked around the house and sat on the front porch. We. "Joanne stood up and headed for the ladder down from the hayloft. Then she turned around and gave me a quick kiss right on the lips. She giggled and headed down the ladder. I sat there until it was my bedtime.I got to go to science camp for four weeks! Betts complained non-stop about how unfair it was since she could only go to horse camp for two weeks—in spite of the fact that it cost about ten times as much. This year I really got to focus on what I loved—chemistry. I started building a list.