Kent enjoyed the break from driving and explained that he was on his way to the town where he grew up in upstate New York. By his reckoning, he had ab...ut 10 hours of driving left at the pace he was making in the snow. He had determined that it was better to take a break, get some coffee, and decide whether to get a motel room and finish the trip in the daylight with better road conditions.He realized how much he enjoyed talking to the woman before him. “So, where are you from? What do you do?. “I would hope that each of you will read this to your children, so they may in turn, read it to their children, and so on,” Rose said, as she took the book from Jefferson and faced the room of family and boarders.A Visit From Saint Nicolas published by Clement Clarke Moore 1823Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;The children were. I gave them awhispered breakdown of the story, I'm TG, the school know, I wassupposed to use the office, but The Dragon wouldn't let me. I likegirls, so I think of myself as a lesbian. Everyone was wrapped up inwhat I was telling them. Not everyone could hear, so there was awhispered line of people feeding the information back."Come on girls! You don't have all day!" came the shout from TheDragon, followed by the slam of her office door.Amy and I quickly rinsed off and grabbed our towels. I was. " Their touches were at first tentative but they relaxed when she smiled at them."Baby boy," she said to her tummy, "this is your mom Allison and your dad Rob." They too caressed her tummy."Jack, this will be the first of your sons that you'll hold on its first day in our world." He smiled and caressed her."And, finally, Martin. You who knew that this was your son before I did. Thank you for saving me. Thank you, thank you all, for helping me to slough the shackles Kevin put on me, which I LET.