.. 'I'm so glad she wantedto nurse right now!'She stroked Holly's hair gently and wished that the picture ofrelaxation that she was right now could re...lly be the reality for bothof them.The problem was she had lied to Holly to get her there... lied aboutthe gender change... and while honest about her new status afterputting her back into diapers... well she had still hidden her fromthe world at large. When she'd finally been exposed it hadn't been agood experience at all. 'I wonder how daycare. I decided one day, about two years ago, to eschew the Nazarite vow that I made as a child (fodder for another essay I suppose) and have a child myself. I have written about broken vows in this forum already so I won’t linger on this, but suffice to say that things have not gone as planned. My IVF failed. In truth, I FAILED. I was the one who had no eggs in my two follicles — six short of what the doctor wanted, but at least two gave me the chance of twins. It was a nasty shock. I had to face. It’s also possible that the underlying Hebrew word might mean ‘bless’, because it’s mostly used that way in the rest of the Old Testament.”“Wait! How would that make sense?”“Think about how badly Job and his wife had suffered - loss of family, house, and wealth. Perhaps she’s telling him to give a final blessing before he dies from the terrible skin disease he had contracted. Think of how we use ‘Lord have mercy!’ which is both a prayer and a way of saying that something is terrible. In any. "At this rate I'll be working for my daughter and claiming petrol 'cept I haven't got a car and can't drive."Geraldine laughed. "If they can't sort out that cottage themselves over a weekend they need their bottoms smacked." My poor little Sally!"Geraldine pealed with laughter. "Want to bet?"Ellie sniggered. "No! Do you want me to start tomorrow?" That's not too soon?" No, and, Geraldine, no cash. You knock it off my rent." Are you sure?" Quite and we need to go into Ripon next week and get me.