It came wrapped in brown paper, we always saved such things on the farm. It lay beside my place at the table when momma called us to breakfast. I saw ...he little smile on her face as I sat down. Daddy asked me if I wanted my present and the little girl rose up in my 19 year old self and squealed excitedly that I did. I grabbed it, untied the string, unwrapped the paper, and there it was, a perfectly shaped, completely shelled corncob. Daddy had found some blackberries and made a dye to color the. ‘I don’t know, do I look like a mechanic to you?’ I looked up and saw his gaze running over the pair of dark blue scrubs I was wearing. ‘Nope, you look like an nurse.’ He teased. ‘Doctor, thank you very much.’ I scowled, in no mood for his teasing. ‘Somebody got out on the wrong side of bed this morning.’ He sang. ‘I’m just having a bad day ok? I have no hot water, no coffee and I’m going to be late for rounds.’ ‘How about this, I will check out your car and your hot water? I’ll even stop by. I ordered a beer and waited for something interesting to happen. Often, nothing happened, but this time I got what I was looking for: a young woman sat down beside me.As usual, I didn't know if she was a B-girl or not. She ordered a martini when I offered her a drink, and that didn't tell me very much. After a few minutes of conversation, I happened to notice that she had a narrow band of lighter colored skin on her left ring finger. Maybe she was a recent divorcee, and had just stopped wearing. Nancy and Janet continue to spend a lot of time seeing or talking to each other. They shop together or meet over coffee to gossip and they arrange play dates together for the children.Sometimes our two families meet up somewhere for a picnic or other outing. Between us we have four pairs of grandparents on whom we can park our children from time to time so the four of us can go out together for a dance or a movie or a party with mutual acquaintances. These are always happy occasions and we get.