We can stay aboard her tonight, saving us the trouble of finding lodging.*March 16, 1848 - Thursday*We left St. Louis and traveled up the Mississippi ... short distance to the mouth of the Missouri River and turned up it toward Independence.*March 22, 1848 - Wednesday*We arrived in Independence and immediately obtained lodging for at least a week with a delightful old lady, Susan Jenkins. She wanted to know our religion. I am an Episcopalian, Marion is a Methodist, Katrina is Lutheran, and Grace. Soon everyone else came to. There was lots of joking about having too much to drink and what party animals they all were. Aunt Barbara didnt laugh of joke. She just wanted to go home. ========== EPILOGUE 2 6 weeks later mom and dad were on the phone. I heard the joy and delight in their voices. What I heard sent a chill down my spine. Life as I knew it had just changed and it was only the start. Aunt Barbara was pregnant. I was going to be blessed with a new cousin, mom and dad told me with a. But unlike the back, Doctor Smith did not leave the ribcage intact. He proceeded to cut through the breastbone and lay the organs bare. I hope to god I never have heart surgery!I didn’t draw as many pictures. I took my time and didn’t rush through any of them. I tried to focus, but my eyes kept being pulled up toward his face.He was young.All the time we were working on his back last week, I kept thinking that this was an old guy who donated his body to science, but the face that I saw was not. So, whatever you came looking to tell me, hurry up while I can still understand it." No, I was just out for a walk. I needed to get out of there for a while. Sick of being the embarrassing ex." Buffy barely even acknowledged her anymore. Satsu had become an albatross for her--walking, talking evidence of a brief-but-horrible mistake."Yeah, well, my sister's a bitch. I would've warned you, but I wasn't exactly expecting her to go and sleep with you." Only a small stub of the joint was left in.