The naggingburden of responsibility was weighing heavily this morning. It had grownlast evening as she was smacked in the face with the realization t...at forevery woman brought into the nation, another family would also be put atrisk. For a moment, last night in her dreams, she'd looked into thefuture at the rows of faces that would be lost if she made a mistake;young and old, women and men all relying on her ability to look ahead andmake the right choices.All of them were asking her for. No matter who "lost," everybody won.Rhonda had taken a leave of absence, because the tax season would soon arrive, and everybody would be jumping through hoops to prepare the necessary documents. Sharon had tasked William to find them a new place, and he had found a property on the outskirts of the shopping district, that was unimproved, and the owner was willing to sell. Sharon and Mary had gone and looked at it, and pronounced it perfect for their needs. They had had a building constructed,. Nursing had not been a vocationalchoice for her, and she admitted to me on more than one occasion that shehad only trained to become one to please her dad. He had always wantedher to follow in her mother's footsteps and it was not until after hedied she felt able to do something about her job dissatisfaction.I was doing a fine art masters degree at Royal College of Art in Londonwhen we met at some function or other. Lucy was half way through a part-time engineering degree at UCL, while still. Piragu kaiyai porumaiyaaga maami mulaiku keezhe kai vaithu thadavinen. Kutam athigamaaga irunthathaal yaarum naan maamiyai thadavuvathai parka mudiya villai.Maami muliyil kai vaithu thadavi kondu irunthen, maami amaithiyaaga irunthaal. Haaaaaa iru mulaiyum perithaaga irunthathu.Maami mulaiyai en kaiyaal muzhuvathum pidika mudiyaatha alavirku irunthathu, maami mulaiyai nandraaga kai vaithu thadavinen, soothil sunni maati kondathu endru kuda sollalm. Thinamum kai adithu sunniyai 7” perithaaga.