I was thinking we would say we are going to the movies with friends and hang out at the mall and such.”“Okay. I can get away with that.”“Great... Talk to you later Cindy.”“You bet!” she said excitedly as she hung up the phone.Cindy turned and went back to her room, closed the door and sat on her bed. What had she gotten herself into she asked herself. Sliding across her bed she opened the drawer on her nightstand to retrieve the small box Henry had given her. She laid back on the bed, took the. When I was sure that I was the only one, I settled in and tried to stay warm and dry.‎My cell phone rang shortly after noon. The call was from an unknown number. “Hello Ed, how are you doing. I’m so sorry to hear that you are your team’s first Daycare flu victim,” the female voice suggested. “Oh it’s Sandra. Lucinda said you were sick.”‎‎”Hello Sandra, I’m mostly snotty. That isn’t life threatening just very uncomfortable,” I explained.‎‎”Would you like me to bring you over a can of chicken. “That would have to come down to her proving that she felt compelled to attend the party at the risk of her job. I understand Bob’s concerns, but some joking by people who don’t work for NIKA at a private party where more than half the guests weren’t employees, and which she could have declined to attend, wouldn’t have risen to the level of a Title VII violation. That said, if she did make the claim, our insurance carrier would pay it off without any hesitation.”“And therein lies the problem,”. I often feel like a fraud. Perhaps it’s best that my successor should be someone with faith. But you have much more to learn. The nights will only get longer and the harsh winter trek is not much more than a moon away.’ Winter was the season of hardship. It brought want, sometimes starvation and always death, especially amongst the children. This was the season when the shaman’s services were most in demand and this year Ivory would share in her duties. She would help bury the dead, comfort the.