" What sort of project is it?" I am not authorized to elaborate unless you agree to participate."I stood there for a minute. I thought about all the s...eepless nights when little Abby would cry and wake me up. I thought of all the running around I had to do to take care of her. I've been drinking more and more coffee just to keep up. Then there were all the expenses: diapers, bottles, toys, little childproof plastic plugs. I had wracked up a nice chunk of debt on my credit cards. The tax break. She sat down."I'll try to call Pyx by her legal name, but you have to understand, I've been calling her Angela all her life."Vonda sat down, next to her. "Perfectly understandable."And please, call me Vonda."She nodded. "I don't know how much Pyx has told you about me." She said you were the one who fought to keep her," said Vonda."And that you were like a mother to her."The nun started to tear up. "That's right. And as a mother, it is sometimes hard to let an adult child go. Especially if you. .. I don't know what to think. How do you feel about it?" I guess I feel pretty much like both of you. I never planned for anything like that to happen, I enjoyed it while it was happening and now I don't know what to think. So then, where do we go from here? Just try to leave this in the past? Act like it never happened?"Jan cleared her throat, "Like I said, Sue and I have done a lot of talking about this. Apparently we both got off on the things we did last night and we can't pretend it never. She told me this was mostly an information gathering trip for her, but fortunately the education department was expanding and looking for students. Ains had already finished a couple of years worth of credits at a school back in Carolina before we got married so the counselor she met with thought she'd be a good candidate to enroll in their fast track teaching degree program. She had applications and forms to fill out, but when she saw me that night, it was with a squeal of delight that she.