”“Damn!”“What?”Dr. Grand looked at me.“I think she was really hoping for Lynn and her to have babies on the same day.” I explained.“I�...�m sorry. I just wouldn’t be ok with inducing labor at this point. So just hang in there. The contractions should not be too bad and should be far apart, so you should not be too uncomfortable. Keep walking if you feel restless and I will be back in about an hour.”“Paul, bring me a jump rope!”“Erin, you couldn’t jump rope when you were NOT pregnant. Try it now and. I touched the scars respectfully. "I'm glad that you are well, Mei. It is an honor to finally meet you and your sister Wei."It had become my habit during our trek across China to 'taste' the energy of people we met along the way. I had come to rely on this practice more and more as a way of knowing what kind of person I was dealing with. As my fingers traced Mei's scars, my chi casually reached out to hers, touched, and just like that, we were five.With a shock like falling into icy water, Sun,. From the lumber we'd made I fashioned brick molds. The mixing of the mud and straw had been a bit of a chore until Flala had a wonderful idea. Let the children play in the mud and mix the straw and clay at the same time. That was inspiration! It worked beautifully and soon we had almost more of it than we could use. Well, we were hard pressed to use it before it dried out. Flala and Dina were watching and helping out. They had almost as much mud on them as the children.Nabo and I were handling. "He got a real big one stuck in his craw over Jason talkin' ta ya."Diane sighed. "I wish he'd stop making a big deal over it."Ned smirked. "So I take it that it ain't as bad as Richie makes it out ta be? 'Cording ta him, Jason had ya givin' away enough ta be a threat ta national security." I really didn't tell Jason any more than he could've figured out on his own," Diane said. "He was mostly asking about my lessons with Debby, but I'm not sure how that would matter to him." Yeah, I've been.