I distinctly remember the look on Mary’s face when Janey came in one afternoon to proudly proclaim that she had swept out one of the pens, then show...d her mother the manure on her shoes!Another pastime which occupied our guests’ time proved to be the game of poker. Shortly after Uncle Wally and his fellows arrived, they managed to position a large round table on the front veranda and surrounded it with chairs. Afterwards, for the remainder of their visit, that table was occupied continuously by. Still, its become a haven for me.I’d barely landed and started my journey to resort where the lodge resided, when mother nature unleashed a hefty storm down overhead. Within minutes the beams from my rented 4x4 could barely penetrate through the wall of snowfall. “You couldn’t have waited until I got there, could you?” I remember saying out loud as I struggled to spot the road ahead of me.I was a competent driver, but even I had to admit I was shitting myself slightly at the power of this. We have aged a little, but it will give you an idea of what we look like. By the way, we all have nicknames from watching The Muppets Christmas Carol, the only non-French film on TV that Christmas. They call me Ebenezer. My immediate reaction was to check the calendar. I had read that a woman is at her most fertile on days twelve, thirteen and fourteen of her monthly cycle. If my periods stayed regular, that Friday fell on day fourteen. It was a sign. I was still engrossed by the photo. "She looked at us questioningly but watched the video screen. I turned it on and saw the look of horror come over her face. She sat down and stared for all of a second and then tried to reach for the player. Kim stopped her by holding her hands and I turned up the player listening to my mom's voice in the throws of passion."Stop it, stop it right now!" She screamed through her tears.I did. Kim let her hands go. She sat sobbing her whole body shook."Why are you cheating on dad mom?"She looked up.