“We have our own itinerant minister now, and he’s about as nonsectarian as you can get. We would be heretics in most churches, mosques, or synagog...es in town. We are too outlandish in our viewpoints about love, marriage, and relationships for any organized group to put up with except for ourselves.”Alice looked around the pool area, “Ah. The man in the red bathing trunks with the cute little blonde curled up against him is our pseudo-minister and keeper of our spiritual soul food. He did Ken. It was a wonderful kiss, a kiss that made me want to swoon. He was getting better at this. The kiss was brief. Before long he broke the kiss and stepped away. Night. He whispered. Goodnight. I replied. He grabbed my hand, squeezed it, and was gone into the night. I felt empty, as though a piece of my soul had just departed. I didnt know if it was normal to feel this way about another person, especially so soon, but I knew that this feeling felt awful. And I knew that the only way I would feel. I didn't know exactly what to do about the Bushmaster. I might need to make a trip to a gun show and buy a throw away replacement.The next week, I asked who would like to go to Kansas with me for a flying trip. Andie wanted to go, so we got the stock ready and we left out in the Excursion two days later.We went to Kansas City for the big gun show of the year. Andie looked around and bought a pistol like her dad's and a rifle like her mom's and a couple of cases of ammunition for each gun. I. She had the pill with some yogurt. Then she putthe lunch aside and pulled out her tablet to study some more. But herroommate asked, "What are you reading on the tablet?" Erin replied,"Oh, I'm studying for my GED." The woman said, "Oh, good for you.How's it going." Erin said, "Well there's four fields of study andfour tests. I've passed two of them already and am scheduled for theEnglish GED test the last week of this month. I was worried that Iwould not be ready but have gotten lots of.