” The tall, slender vocal teacher moved up to the front of the room and took a seat on his stool beside the Little-Man. Even sitting down, Mr. Feelt...was just as tall as Mr. Ballows, who was standing beside him.“It may get a little crazy sounding in here for a few minutes,” the Little-Man said to everyone, “but use the next five minutes to warm up on your instruments and/or your voices. Just try not to get too loud and crazy, please!”I inwardly thanked Mr. Ballows for this warm up period as I. ‘I’ve missed you so much.’ Thomas said. He pulled Mary into a firm embrace. She held onto him just as hard. ‘I can’t imagine how difficult the past 45 years have been for you Thomas. I’ve watched with pride as you raised our children and held our grandchildren and even our great grandchildren in your arms, but I’ve also been deeply saddened as I watched the nights where you would lay in bed crying for hours. I could see you which gave me a great deal of comfort, but you could not see me or feel. "I know what I am, andshould be." Now I know what the time in the fish bowl was about today. I had beenstuck in that room before, and had figured out that the plastic domes onthe ceiling were video cameras. Today, since I knew I was being watched,I sat down gracefully on the couch smoothing out my skirt beneath me,then spent a little time thumbing through the table magazines likeSeventeen and Cosmo Girl before starting my homework. I had learned onthe web that this type of room is widely used. Mommy came in behind us “introduce yourselves to the ladies” she instructed – smiling Martina and Robyn bowed to the room and gave out their names – blushing and looking Sharon in the eye I said “Samantha” in a quiet voice – “A little louder darling” Mommy instructed “I’m not sure everybody caught that” – “Samantha is my name” I said in a loud voice and watched as Sharon giggled at me. “Isn’t that a lovely name you have” she said to the room and all the ladies burst out laughing and the.