Standing from the couch, Cole grabbed a box of tissues and sat back down. "I never meant to hurt you. God, you remind me so much of your mother and I ...ould never hurt either of you." Cole wiped at the tears on Ivy's face before putting the box back."I know that daddy. I've just never felt like this for a man and now I hurt because of it." Ivy sniffed.Cole took Ivy's hands again and looked into her face, hoping for understanding. "You're mother said much the same thing once before." He said as. .. not as if you expect to die. Life is NEVER long enough. I wasted too much of mine being negative.JUNE 11th, 2012It was awfully expensive, but I rented part of a party room at Dodger Stadium for the Angels game. I invited Reggie and Cathy, as well as Tod and Sandy. I don't know why it surprised me, but Tod and Reggie really hit it off, despite rooting for different teams.Pujols got a game-winning hit in the top of the ninth, and the Angels won 3-2.JUNE 17th, 2012Sandy is now officially a Mrs.. "Let's go to lunch," I said.Stan Michelson was not a handsome man. He was short, a little pudgy, and was losing his thin blond hair, but I'd never met a man in any of my lives that displayed more energy and enthusiasm. He was also an extraordinary marketer and salesman. He had arrived for our meeting in a conference room at L'Auberge' with a bevy of beautiful ladies. A bevy might be an exaggeration unless four ladies constituted a bevy.Stan was a licensed real estate broker, and his ladies were. On a Saturday morning, early in October, in an unusually warm day, Katy and I were swimming lengths in the pool while the children played around and Esther was working in the kitchen when to our surprise, Wendy and John and his wife were shown out to the pool by her. We were pleased to see them and we were introduced to his wife Joan. We asked if they would like to change for a swim first and then have coffee or vice versa, they opted for the swim and after changing soon joined us in the.