I thought that I must be in trouble or something when he told me that the company has decided to offer me a corporate scholarship. They are really ple...sed with my work and want to put me into a program that will give me my undergraduate degree in one year and my Master’s in the next 18 months. Isn’t that unbelievable? They’ll pay for everything!” Amanda was, in fact, shocked. It was such truly wonderful news. She hugged her daughter looking over her shoulder at a smiling Jonathan. “Honey,” she. "Where did you learn to do that?" This was an empathic ability that Sunny had not exhibited before."Mommy said you were going to be my new Daddy!" she said proudly."But how did you learn to share your feelings like that?" I asked. She had opened her heart to me similarly to how I did it, but there were also differences. I wondered if it was instinctive or learned. However, before I could consider it further, the four year old looked at me, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. She was. He said, "That is the last woman who graduated the program after entering it as a fat woman. Look at her. She's gorgeous. She could grace the cover of a national magazine, yet at one time she was just a fat woman like you. Look at it. Imagine that is you. If you want to leave here fat, then go now. If you want to leave here looking like a model, then get with the program." I want to look like that," Victoria said unable to take her eyes off of the video.Dale turned away and started a different. She made sure to letthe sweaty overweight hotel manager know where she was going in case her fatherreturned early. Despite his obvious problems with presentation and generalhygiene the manager was nice enough to let her know the whereabouts of thelocal basketball courts. The pavements where still surrounded and heaped with greying snow, Charliepicked her way carefully and followed the manager's directions. Snow was supposedto be festive and soft. Not this grey depressing sludge that seemed to.