He had Tim send a rig and crew to drive piling for tying Adels barge off.Pat had water propane gas and a power meter installed for Adel's barge long b...fore her home was ready to dock across from his. Adel was there every day, she had a self-propelled wheel chair and a van equipped for the handicapped by then. She could go as she pleased. Jeri was there every day after school, she had moved away from home and was living with Adel. Adel was paying Jeri more than she had made at her part time job. Was it rough?" I left my words in mid-air hoping she would tell me what she knew I was angling to hear."Honey, it was great. Could you hear OK? I tried to make certain that the phone was where you could listen. I hope I wasn't being too crude or noisy but I know that that's what you wanted to hear and, hey, wasn't that a laugh when he realised that you were listening in? "He really was joking that he was mad about it .... he said that it was always a kick to him to know that a husband was. In Jamie's case, itis the second use of the prefix. He is in between genders or at leastgender is not relevant to him. He is as happy as a girl as he is as aboy. As his parent, you can choose for him, keeping in mind that thewrong choice can have unfortunate consequences, or you can let Jamiemake his own choice when he's ready." When will that be, Jenny?" I don't know. The more Jamie socializes, the more likely it is that hewill identify with one gender and, if he hasn't chosen by the time. Seen plenty that can't dance." I say. Now he's laughing, "Ain't that the truth, niggas gotta be keeping it real, right?" And basketball, not all of them can play, right?" "True enough, Joe, anything else?" he asks."Eh, I don't know Terrence, I guess I like to think of people as people and prefer to judge them on their own volition. You know?" "I see," he says, "what about the size of the black man's dick? Anything on that?"This old one, I think, I don't want to insult anybody so I say, "Ah,.