Mission trips, bible studies, prayer groups...the whole works. Mark and Mary pretty much fell in line with the expectations, but Dan had never felt an... connection to the religion that had been shoved down his throat his whole life.He was entering his third year of college and lived at home. His older brother moved out of the house after he finished college a year earlier, leaving Dan and his soon-to-be high school senior sister at home. Mark and Dan had always gotten along great, but Mark had. After a cool-down we moved to the lounges and were joined by a sixty-something couple from Ohio. They were regulars, having been at the park when Tina and I moved in. We chatted about work (mine) and retirement (theirs) and school (Tina's and their grandkid's) for a while and then they slipped into the pool and Tina and I headed back to the trailer for homework and pasta carbonara.The homework was just about over when the carbonara hit the table. We ate, talking about her school experiences.. Aso. Mi aaj 24 varshacha aahe ani kathetil ghatna mi 6-7 varshacha astanacha mhanaje 17-18 varshapurvichi aahe. Tyaveli je ghadle te mala thode kiva kahich samjle navte. Pan mi jasjasa motha hot gelo tase mala sarva lakshat yeu lagla. Ya kathetil varnane vichar maze aajche aahet. Tyavelche nahit. Hi katha mazya chulat aatya chi aahe. Tar tyaveli aamhi punyat rahaycho. Mazi pahilichi pariksha yaveli lavkar sampun sutti lagli hoti. Tyaleli aamchya gharatil javalcya natevaikanche aapghatat nidhan. ” I left her office feeling stunned. I knew I needed to add more to my portfolio, but I didn’t expect her to come down so hard on me. Shit, if I lost a letter grade in every class there’s no way I’d qualify for my scholarship. I headed back to my room to start gathering stuff up.“Damn it, Melody. Stop it! This is serious. If I don’t finish this and get it right, I won’t even be able to come back next year.” I had piles of material spread out all over the bed and was redoing one of my portrait.