Let me make it up to you and have you over for tea or coffee." She was probably in her early 40ies and in very good shape. She had a comfortable beaut... about her that some how made you feel welcome so I said, "Sure I would like that a lot." I excused myself and went in to change out of my work uniform and slipped into a sun dress for comfort then hurried over for my tea meeting. Her name was Ann and after some small talk about friends and family the conversation moved to the area and what it. I compensated by putting as much overtime in at my job as I could, saving the money for my dream of college. I still took community college classes and was almost done with my associate degree. I dated from time to time, and had a couple of short relationships, never anything serious. Got laid fairly regularly too, thanks to my teachers. I realized it was not just the sexual experience that helped me, but the tremendous boost in self confidence they had given me that made the difference. This. But he wanted to know so I talked about what I knew. I knew he was thinking about his bride, I just did not understand why he thought it was relevant. We were 500 years beyond such things.The handoff went as expected - Mark tried to muck it up every way he could, and I countered him simply by knowing the rules of engagement (he would stay within the lines) and cheating.First Mark tried to hold Gracie up but she was not standing for that, she gave him a message from me - a phone number he knew.. “Friends and family, before we release Tony and Kate to the celebration, there is more. This is a wedding ceremony because we simply don’t have rituals that are big enough to encompass the truth of what you see in front of you. In case you are new to this family,” the minister said, “Kate has chosen to add Ames to her name and will be known as Katarina Mirela Holsinger Ames, just as Melody and Lissa added Ames as their last name when they were married last year. But this is also an important.