This keeps the lenses clear. Strapping the goggles around our heads, we cover our eyes and noses – testing the seal by trying to breathe through our...noses to find we can’t. Tucking the snorkel tubes under the goggle straps, we nod at each other, sit on the edge of the dingy, and holding hands, tumble back into the sea. We rise to float on the surface as we blow the water out of our tubes and after taking a deep breath, we drop below the surface with our cameras strapped around our wrists. We. ”“Charlotte, your logic makes perfectly good sense. Let’s go for it.”“Good! Now, Kathleen, please don’t take this as a negative, but how much do you know about the better women’s shops in town? I suspect you can look better dressed at the Gap than my daughters can from the most exclusive shops in town. The problem is the Gap is too plebeian for their tastes and they’ll simply go nude before they’ll shop at Target or Walmart.”“I’m glad you worded it that way, I’m already feeling overwhelmed and. She took both of my hands and pulled me to my feet, smiling all thetime, then led me to a full-size mirror on the bedroom door. "This isyour true feminine side," she announced pointing at me in the mirror.I'd never win any prizes but how I looked at that moment - even more,how incredibly sexy and feminine I felt - will stay with me forever. Istared in joy and wonder gripping Barbara's hand tightly with mine forseveral minutes. Eventually I turned to her and pulled her into my arms to hug. Again, I was just about asleep when I heard a knock at the door.Mom softly said, “I’m back. I can’t sleep and I want your opinion.”I responded, “Mom, I’ve told you that you look fantastic. What else can I say.”“I need your opinion if you think I am sexy. Dad doesn’t think so anymore.”“Mom, it’s not for a guy to tell his mother she is sexy.”She said, “Just how sexy do you really think I am?”, as she sat on the side of my bed.“That’s not really for a son to say to his mother.”She reached under.