.. please..." She asked, emotion slipping away with every syllable."So you can't turn it off yourself?" I asked, now in a normal tone, but still frien...ly."No... I can't... stop staring... It's beautiful..." She stammered out, eyes wide open, getting an eyeful of the rotating spirals.Still gently massaging her soldiers, I spoke again, calmly. "They will make you forget all of your troubles. Just pay attention to them, not me, not my words. Simply let my words wash over you." No..." She stated.. By comparison, my family was going to bea breeze, even though they didn?t even know I was involved with Barbara. The tough part would be how and when to tell them.A possible opportunity would come near the end of that summer when myfamily held its annual family reunion. That particular year it was to beat my parent?s home in the Pacific Northwest. I debated myself overinviting Barbara as she would be exposed to the vast majority of the clanall at once. I felt it might be a strain on her, but. That was their first trip to singapore and they were very worried about having a good time. I asssurerd them that singapore was very safe and there was plenty of things to do and see. Within the 20 mins trip, we were talking very well and i found out that they have a business in india which was doing very well and that they had worked all their lives to make it a success. As the wife was about to celebrate her 40th birthday they had left running of the business to the brother and had decided on. ?He won?t be 8 until tomorrow?. ?Why wait until the last moment?? the nurse asked. Deborah showed the nurse a picture she had taken of Mark and Karen playing. Mark was wearing a dress and had his hair styled the same as Karen. ?He so much loves dressing up as a girl,? Deborah explained. ?He?s told me how much he would like to be a girl. I guess I had hoped he would change his mind. I know I shouldn?t have waited so long. I thought changing him into a girl would be a wonderful birthday.