The major difficulty I had was in easing my way around the rock to the bin and then trying to shift it for it was mostly full of water and damned diff...cult to budge. After much labour and after scr****g my leg on the rocks I managed to empty the water out of it and, using it as a flotation aid, I pushed off the rocks and kicked out for the beach. I struggled ashore with it and then sat down on the beach to turn it over and gloat over my prize. To my delight there seemed to be no holes in it. .do you love mom Rick…I don’t mean as mom, but do you love her as a woman, you know as a person not just as mom. H..Have y..y..you ever thought of…..you know….I mean you’re a guy and she is a beautiful sexy woman…that would be so easy to understand ..d..do you…have you ever wanted……oh fuck this is so sick of me.”“Are you trying to ask me if I’ve ever thought of having sex with mom Kenz”, he asked her softly?“No, I know you have Rick its just that…..do you love me like you love mom Rick……I love. ”“OK, I guess so.” With that I hung up. I came to the realization things didn’t seem to be going well but I can only do so much.We went out and had Mexican for dinner. The rest of the weekend went OK I got mom to go over my paper and had a couple of changes that needed to be fixed as a result.Finishing my run and workout on Monday morning, I grabbed my stuff and headed to school. Once I got to school, I sat down in the hall, waiting for Mrs. Turner to show up.“Barnim, have you been waiting. James was sure that they still felt the same, expected probing in the vain hope that he would beg the Order to take him back. He loved his parents, but the physical distance between him and they served a good purpose. In James’ Guatemala days the priests were invited to the celebrations on Christmas, Easter and applicable feast days. They were always welcome, surfeited with food and drink by the faithful who longed for closeness to them. As guests, they brought blessings and Communion to bestow.