. we plan to spend more time together and with Larissa, also to see if we can make more of it.”Marsha nodded to that. “Frankly, that one I have se...n this coming for a while. She’s come a long way since her asshole parents kicked her out, but then, so have you.”“Yeah, we both grew up.”Tyler looked at his daughter then. “Any surprise announcements from you?”Ashley shrugged. “Not really. I figure to let Lynn work and be the wifey. She’d love that.” She saw her parents’ faces and laughed. “Gotcha!. "I thought for a second."My mail, my plants, my papers..." Janice's mom has already taken care of all that," Jane said."Really?" Yeah. Like it's that hard. We sent your keys up the dumbwaiter, remember? So, what else?" I..." I sputtered. "My thesis. I need to be in the library and on the internet to finish it." No you don't," said Heather, definitively."Yes I do!" No -- you -- don't!" she stamped her foot. "We talked about your thesis all day yesterday, remember? All you need to do is to sit. How’s all the cattle been making it in this cold weather, with snow this deep?” Eli said.“We’ve been out each day since the snow storm started and we’ve fed all the cattle at the hay barns, and up and down the line from the oil wells to the loading pens. Looks like we haven’t lost any so far. We’ve taken a few of the older momma cows and their small calves up to the big barn. They looked like they were getting weak. We had to build a few fires under the windmill pumps in the mornings, but. . Jim Arnold felt he was slowly awaking from a great peaceful slumber. His mind wanted to drift, to relive his life, all the experiences, the good and the bad, the joys and sorrows, the pride of accomplishments, the embarrassments of his failures and being teased, the first girl he ever kissed... It was all floating through in mind, images and memories and dreams, and above everything his emotions, which gave the memories meaning and purpose... He remembered one foster family he had spent.