“Out with it.” Tom gave Karen a look and she told us.“Oh, for Christ’s sake! We found a clothing optional resort. It’s down along the coast ...nd should be nice and warm in June. The only question is, how we want to do it.”I was buzzing with all the things this meant that I had no words. Cassie was kind of in shock. Finally, Tom broke the spell. “We could rent one of those giant RV’s and all stay in it together, or...” He went on to say there were cabins for two and ‘family cabins’ where we could. The others had all done their Christmasshopping.Carolyn and Edwina got us ready to go out. We loved the maidspampering. Everything was done for us, including the brushing of ourteeth. Once our coats were put on we left to go to the undergroundgarage.Edwina drove the Cadillac town car while Carolyn sat between Karen and Iin the back of the car. During the drive Carolyn opened up her blouseand opened the flaps of her nursing bra and said, "Come my darlings havea feed from me as we. ‘It’s good to see that Christianity is alive and well and thriving in these troubled times.’Peter met David at the entrance of the building. “So Peter, what do you think of the Jordan River?”Getting the hint from David’s voice he laughed, “I guess Pete Seeger never visited the Jordan River,” he said referring to the lyrics of his version of the old African American spiritual song, made popular by the Highwaymen in the early sixties.‘The river is deep and the river is wide, hallelujah,Meet my. It HAS to be you."I want to cry. "Can't it wait until tomorrow?" Oh, honey... You've already HAD ten thousand tomorrows."She's right. I KNOW she's right. It doesn't make it suck any less. I'vebeen tasked as The Messenger.I pause, nod slightly, and turn.This place is my personal heaven. It's perfect. A little valley, a fewacres of crops, a little cabin on a lake. Hills climbing up just beyondthe fields, and forests crisscrossed with footpaths. Perfect. I climb oneof those hills, and follow one.