She helped cheer me up. I guess she gets that from you mom." Jen's smile beamed at me and she turned back around to tend the waffle iron.Mom smiled pr...udly at Jen and said, "Well, I could only hope I'm partly responsible for what a fine, young woman she has become!"Mom cracked another egg to add to the fresh batch of batter she was preparing, but the egg cracked unevenly and the liquid dribbled down her hand as she hurriedly moved to pour it into the mixing bowl."Yuck. I've always hated the. They kissed again, but his fingers couldn't quite reach where he wanted them. Which was where she wanted them, too."Did you mean what you said about knowing that there were things that you can't have?" she asked."I guess so. What did I say?" I'm going to wear white on my wedding day. Do you know what that means?" You mean that you are going to be a virgin then." Will you respect that limit?" Of course, Shannon. What do you think I am?"She thought he was a male, a teenage male at that. But she. She gunned the car on the way to pick up Sarah from day care.Sarah grinned when she saw the top was down. "Oh goody, I love riding in the car when you have the top down! Can I pick out the music?" Sure thing, darlin', as long as it's either country or western." Rachel winked. "Your pick." Why thank ya, ma'am," Sarah drawled.Willy Nelson's gravel voice sounded through the crystal clear Bose system, "Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys..." So, what do you and Daddy have planned. "I tell you, it's tough getting older," Penelope complained after her usual swordplay with her daughter. Paula showed no interest in pursuing what her grandmother and mother did every morning. She had her friends and dolls to play with. She was a darling child but didn't like swords, spears, bows and arrows. If she were alone, Paula often was caught singing to her dolls or humming happily around the house. Attia complained that her daughter was six going on thirty. Paul, too, didn't take to.