“I saved her from ... the sun!” There was a burst of laughter as the kids all got caught up in the story. “I came along and she was laying in a ...itch, fighting the sun to stay alive and, well, how could I not help such a brave girl? I healed her wounds and gave her water and a place to sit where the sun had no power.”“Heaven?” A voice called out into the silence, but I laughed and shook my head.“I had a truck with air conditioning, but I bet she sure thought was heaven after hours in that sun!”. "It would be," River agreed, "and definitely yes to selection. But weshould support the local store too. If we don't, then he winds up goingout of business and then the town has no store. Is it worth it to save adollar or two if we wind up costing someone his living?"Dale nodded, and then said: "Well, I'm heading to the office. If yougirls are going into town, you can have the van. I'm going to walk tothe office and back. I really like having this thinner waist, and Idon't want the old one. Then she looked down at Rico and Luis.“Are these your sons? They sure are some handsome young men, and so well behaved too.”If she only knew what these little shits were like when they cut loose.“Thank you, I’m proud of them,” I told her as she smiled and rang up my purchases. I had already paid for the three ring sets in Zales Jewelry store in Brownsville, when I placed the order after seeing the one I wanted there. They didn’t have but one set and I wanted three alike.When I handed her the. ”“Yumm-o,” Tami said thinking of sweet, gooey concoction.“Sweetie, I wanted to talk to you about something.”“What’s that, momma?”“What do you think about adoption?”“In general, it’s a good thing. Why?”“I’m not going to be around forever. And when I’m gone, it’ll just be you. I don’t want you to be alone.”“Momma, I’ll move into a place like this when I retire,” giggled the executive.“I’m serious! Family is important whether we’re born into them or we find them along the way.” Mildred’s eyes grew.