"Carl smiled, "She's no tease. She just probably wasn't ready the last time you were with her."Barb said, "I should say not. The thing you have to be ...areful of is she's still not on the pill. Mom finally put me on the pill, so I'm ready. Let's go get our suits."I watched as the four took off into the house, with Barb telling Kathy and Mercy where they were headed. While the others were inside, Kathy came over to me and asked, "Are you going swimming with the kids?" Yes, Ma'am." Be careful up. "Jimmy, you stop scaring Opal."Greta could not believe the change as Jimmy went from angry man to loving father. He scooped up the baby, growled back at the pups when they warned him with growls of their own. Then he began to make shushing noises.Both maids came running into the living room and stood between Jimmy and Ruby. "Don't you go hurtin' Miss Ruby," one told him.Jimmy looked at the pair in surprise. "Who the hell said anything about hurting my wife?" he yelled at them.He turned to Ruby,. "Ok make-up time." I looked at Jonathan but this time there was no protest or hesitation ? taking his queue from Samantha he just smiled and diligently followed Samantha and I to my room and the waiting vanity."?m first this time," said Samantha."Ok sweetheart," I responded with a smile, even though I was just a little disappointed that I was going to have to wait a little longer to give Jonathan his first ?make-up experience'.Samantha waited patiently while I applied a little eye shadow and a. "Why would I be disgusted that the man I love lovesme so much that he wants to be me? To experience everything that I haveexperienced, to feel eveything that I have felt? What greater validationof your love for me is there than that?"Don't forget sweetness.... you will always be Mike to me. Of course youare now not the man I married, but your kindness, your compassion, yourlove for me, your very essence that I love so much is there and willnever be diminished regardless of what you wear, or how.