The new person introduced himself as Pierre Monde. He had come ta Inez ta ask ifen she sold sumpthin' he called bar-b-que. Both of us admitted that we...had never heard of it, so we called Josiah over ta ask him what he might know. He said that he had eaten bar-b-que a couple of times an' loved it, but he didn't know how ta make it.Pierre said that he knew a recipe an' would fix some fer us ifen we would furnish the ingredients. Josiah had such a longin' look in his eye that me an' Inez agreed ta. Along with adopted cousins and cousins-in-laws, both present and future." Mom had gotten a kick out of my stories of Wynter and Jimmy, who seemed just as destined for each other as Tami and I."I'm thankful for Tami, the love of my life. I'm thankful that I found her early, 'cause she makes me be a better person whether I want to or not."Tami's hand was on the back of my knee, and she gave me a squeeze."And I'm thankful for a Mom who's finally stopped cringing when I say the L-word."Mom smiled. Switched off the game system, went in, and put the kettle on before Sam went home. He grabbed his bag and went up stairs.I made coffee and waited but Sam did not come back down, so I called up to him asking if he was ok, but he did not answer. I went up the toilet door open but Sam was not in there I opened the bedroom door lying on the bed dressed in a short skirt with ankle socks and blue sheer shirt he had make-up on and a long brunette wig, under the skirt I noticed pale blue lace panties. The very next week he sent his privet plane to pick me up. That was one of the best summers of my life. We went to every manger land mark in the US. The next year we stayed closer to home. He let me drive supper cars with a professional driver and watch any movie in his full sized movie theater. Last year we drove the Bull Run rally in his Pagani Zonda. As I was heading home I told him that that I was disappointed that I did not have a girl friend. Then he said “I wish I could help you there.”.