Laura coughed out her first bong hit, and eagerly tried another, smaller toke. Cecilia watched her technique through slitted eyes as she swayed."Janno..." Laura called to me, "come sit here." She patted the cushion next to her as she held the bong out to Laney.I dropped into the couch where she'd indicated and twisted, raising my leg onto the cushion, letting my knee brush along her soft thigh. Her skin felt warm and smooth, a moment of distraction."Are you married or," she hesitated, "gotta girl. I let them lead, being happy to watch them from behind. Lidia had never been to a mall before, and was astounded that so many stores were in one building. She and Rach spoke Italian as they considered the mall map. Apparently finding a destination, the headed off, both looking back to make sure I was in tow. We arrived and I saw it was the same store Rach and I had bought her new bikini in only days before.“Lidia needs a two piece” Rach said in way of explanation over her shoulder as we. A love that stands the test of time, and could overcome despair, destruction, sadness, and all the things the world would throw at her. To her a love like this was worth more than any love found amongst the perfect realms of the heavens. She longed to feel, to experience everything she had never felt before. She hungered to feel pain and pleasure, sorrow and joy. She wanted to rescue and be rescued. So she wandered about the earth searching, but not quite sure what or who she was searching. Believe me, my friends, relatives and Prince Charming have all raised these arguments and chastised me for being so selfish as not to see these truths for myself. The truth is that the children would not be mine. It would be me doing what I have always done: sending someone else’s child to school, helping someone else’s child with his or her homework, encouraging someone else’s child. The difference is that it would be my permanent responsibility to do so rather than the ad hoc way in which I.