She tried to explain what she was learning but it sounded like a meditation-based self-induced trance state. I knew that she needed to learn this so I...supported her as best I could. She joined us in the afternoons, and added her perspective to whatever topic we were discussing.In the evenings after we turned in, I told her what the three of us had covered during the morning, and what I planned on covering the next morning, while she was practicing with Nantan. Anna provided some key input on. I think we could have rehabilitated a family of surrogate transitions in the time it took me to gather my words. “Alex... “I reached over and grabbed his hand in mine. His hand was so much larger than my own, and it felt wonderful to feel the size of it envelop mine. The image of my hand in his burned into my memory.Was it my hand?I looked up at him with determination in my eyes, “I would love that. Let’s do it.”He smiled.Our night started with dinner. It was simple.We visited the commissary. After brushing my teeth and ten minutes or so of the warm soothing water washing over my body I felt like I might live, or at least, now, I hoped I would, but I still had a pounding headache in my right eye. My tongue felt very thick. The only thing I could think of that might help me would be three aspirins and a pot of hot, black coffee taken intravenously. I noticed that the robe she gave me was a mans, and almost big enough for my six-foot two-inch frame. I came out of the bath wearing the. "How's the baby doing?" I askedas I sat down beside mom tucking my legs under me as I did, I put myhand on mom's tummy, she's 18 weeks pregnant. "Oh she's kicking awayhappily," mom said chuckling. "So it's confirmed then? I'm having asister?" I asked. "Now now Sarah," my dad said coming into the lounge."It could be a boy, we're going to have the ultrasound tomorrow to findout," he explained. "But Dean honey," my mother responded, "surely thefact that it's kicking a lot proves that it's a girl,.