“Reuben, do you have children?”“Yes, but they’re all with their mothers. I don’t really see them, and that’s ok. I don’t care to see the...r mothers and go through all that drama.”That’s too bad she thought. He was blessed with those children and he doesn’t make the effort to connect with them. I wonder if he would do that with me, she thought.Just then Reuben says, “Lets go back to your room this time and finish what we started.”“I thought we did finish,” Jaycee replied.“Well, let’s try. She smiled at Josh and said,"I see you're taking care of my cousin Danny. Or as he likes to becalled, Danette." Josh grinned and said, "So he DOES like playing atbeing a girl." "Well," Maria improvised, "he's kind of half in and halfout of the closet. Can't get in touch with his true personality. Wecould leave him here and you studs could help him be his real self. Orwe could take him with us, back to my place, and give him some time tothink about it... while he acts as our serving girl.". ..”“Me, too!”August 31 2000, Chicago, Illinois“EB moved to dismiss the remaining claims this morning,” Liz said when she came into my office just before 11:00am on Thursday.“Excellent. Any progress with Bob and the insurance company?”“A little. Give me until tomorrow morning and I think I’ll have something you can live with.”“I should probably ask Elyse, but who would do the training?”“We’d bring in outside people to do it.”I shook my head, “People who have no idea about NIKA’s culture and who. You're a happier person when you're dressed up in girlclothes so I think this goes beyond just the clothing. There issomething emotional about it when you dress up! It's like you'rebecoming the person you have always needed to be and you are just nowrealizing that. So my advice is to take it one step at a time, andsimply observe your feelings when you find yourself attracted to a boy'sattention. If it makes you feel good inside, then it can't be a badthing, right?" "Thanks Tiff, you're.