I’m sure you understand?’ ‘Yeah, I guess I do. It really is smart to do it that way.’ She smiled, and returned to her coffee, looking at me ...ver the rim of her cup. It was getting dark out, but she asked if we could get some fresh air. We walked just around her neighborhood, but we were mostly silent … just walked, and breathed in the night air. I offered to read to her some more, but she said that she was tired, and we had a lot to do tomorrow. She pulled out a sheet to put over the couch. Jonah then joined the conversation. “We will need to come up with some sort of schedule to get more people preparing meals for the community.”Liyana smiled. “Actually, the Federation works on volunteering. They can volunteer to work a meal whenever they want, but it’s up to the volunteer coordinator to make sure that everyone has time to volunteer. Also, I think the public kitchen is only good for two meals per day now, breakfast and supper. People need to find their own food for lunch, which. "First, of all, let me say 'Thank You' for appearing on myshow. I owe all of my success to real people like you whoare courageous enough to appear on national television todiscuss their problems with me. So again, thank you fromthe bottom of my heart. The second thing, I would like tosay, I know all of you are nervous. That is perfectlyunderstandable; I have been on television for over 15 yearsand still get nervous every time that red light goes on!"He paused for a few seconds to allow for the. I don't remember when shesounded so happy.With that reply Chris and Logan both squiggled up their faces. "But he'ssmoking" Chris said. Mom just looked at him in a way that we allunderstood to mean don't ask too many questions. Chris got the point asthey both just shrugged, turned and raced out but Paul hesitated."Want to watch, Pauliewog?" Mom asked. That was Paul's nickname when Momwanted her way.I lowered my eyes, looking away from him. He hesitated; "Na," he said andleft. This was the first.