While next to him is my older sister by 2 years with a plate of scrambled eggs and 2 pancakes that are about halfway done with a glass of Orange juice...on the side.“Hey nerd” my sister says. Which my dad raises his head “hey there princess. Just in time for breakfast “. My mom turns her head around the doorway “morning sweety. Let me make some breakfast for you quickly “”. “Hey mom Hey dad “ pause “hey Penny”. My sister just rolls her eyes and goes back to eating.Which is normal for her. She is. I built a lean to to get out of the weather. This time of the year the showers were sporadic. I would drag everything I could to the lean-to including the leather harness off the horses. It was three days before I emptied the wagon enough to reach the tool chest.I chose a site near a spring fed creek I cleared the and smoothed the area the best I Could and...Now I could start on a permanent structure. I started with trees that were already down I stripped the limbs and bark and cut them to the. . you name it. There was even the requisite green Jell-O salad with flecks of shredded carrot in it. By four o’clock, the younger kids were all gathered around the ice cream makers, cranking the handle and stealing bits of rock salt to eat like candy. There were plenty of soft drinks and beer for the adults in ice chests, and even a bottle of wine or two. Of course, there was watermelon. You’d think all we had to do all day was eat.Well ... yeah.My girlfriends were in high demand and Beth stood. He knew instantly the consequence of those two words."You knew I always thought he would come back, didn't you Bill. We talked about it. We knew what it would mean ... to us," she said, her voice almost a whisper."Yes ... yes ... I knew." He paused for a minute. When Darla remained silent he spoke. "I'm happy for you, Darla. I know it's what you wanted. I'm happy for you." He was sincere, even though his stomach was churning and he was suffering the emptiest feeling he had ever felt."Thank you,.