And now I'mcoming down with it like a flipping virus."Guys are allowing this! They're inviting it. I read that more maid'sdresses are being bought by ...en than women. The tit clinics have linesaround the block. In Europe, men are wearing skirts. Everything is a hatecrime."I have to tell you, Doc. I have never been a big fan of psychiatry. Ifigure it's just a lot of confused souls talking out their problems. Youmight as well talk to a bartender. No offense."The man was babbling. He had yet to. My future Grandma took her in her arms and hugged her. "Caroline, no news is good news. You have to understand that. Just pray for his safe return."Mom returned to work the following Monday. When she looked up, a serviceman was sitting at the counter. It was Dad; he had returned home. Mom ran to him and was crying. They hugged and kissed right there in the store.Dad turned around and there was a display of chocolate covered cherries right behind him. He grabbed a box, got down on one knee and. "So ... what's up?"Katherine grinned impishly. "Well, Mr. Two Smacks, Mom was just telling us how you whacked her ass a grand total of TWO times! You really went all out, didn't you?" She giggled.Even Suzanne got in on the teasing. "Susan, you must have done something truly awful to deserve that much punishment all at once!"After the laughter died down, Susan said defensively, "Joke all you want. But like I was just saying a minute ago, the number doesn't matter. The point is, he got the job. There the stock waslimited but had enough of a variety for Claire and Sue to find a rangeof blouses, skirts and dresses for every day and smart occasions for me.Fortunately Claire also found lots she liked. The choice of wigs wasmuch more limited with only one being approved by the girls. It wasexactly the same cut and style as mine but in black. Although I couldn'tsee it, both of them cooed with approval and it was placed, still on itsfoam head, on top of the heaped trolley which Sue wheeled.