MAKING CHOICES IN MY QUIET PLACE (conclusion)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 10...

"In order to be able to raise nine children you will take an opportnity to get your education and then have a professional career.

"Then, just when you are about to run out of steam, you will be blessed with grandchildren and you will want to be the best grandmother that you can possibly be, that choice will bring you years of joy and love.

"You will write continuously, and know the joy of being published. That will futher sustain you. Also you will be able to have a period of time when you advance your education, although you may never gain the degrees that you have dreamed of.

"When you come to a more advanced age, and all of the children are raised, you will know the joy of your heart to come to meet and love Ed; this will also bring a period of struggle and great growth in your life.

"And finally, you will come to live in the State of New Jersey with David and Becky, and so many of your grandchildren. This will be the blessing stage of your life, and even though there may be health issues, you will face all things with equanimity. This move will trigger the time of your greatest spiritual and mental growth, and will bring you great joy.

"Then there comes the hardest decision to make, of when to return home. This is a decision you must make on your own, for only you will know when and if you will be able to win your life game, and come back home triumphant. Most life games will be hard to win, but if you make the wisest decisions about how to grow in love and wisdom, you will come to the end of your life game and know who you are and that this time you have won the game and can go home forever. These issues will help you to know when to set the date to return home."

"My dear daughter, I am so blessed to have you come and sit with me, and help me to see things in a more logical and orderly manner. You have given me a breath of fresh air and a new desire to forge on, and learn what I can in the other houses I must visit. I do believe I can make good choices and choose my pathway in such a way that it will lead me back to home triumphant. I thank you so much."

"Mother, it has been my joy. Just relax now and get your strength back, then return to Glenna and finish your life game path. Trust in your judgment and the feelings you receive in your heart."

And then, as suddenly as she had come, Carol disappeared, and I was alone once more in my quiet place. It is possible that this is the last time I will be in my quiet place for a while, but I believe that I can carry my quiet place in my mind and heart when I go to Earth, and that I can slip away to there in my dreams and day dreams.

I stayed in my quiet place for a long period, and then I began to think of Glenna and the excitement that will be found in the new Houses I would be experiencing.

I thought of Glenna and was with her once again on the Isle of Purpose.

Tuesday, Chapter 11, the House of Cosmetics: did you choose the color of your complexion, hair, or eyes before being born?
I am going on vacation for three days and then will be back at the blog, thank you for your support!

MAKING CHOICES IN MY QUIET PLACE

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 10...

It was early morning in my quiet place; salty air swirled around the meadow making the area cool and moist. It was refreshing to my body and spirit; a perfect day for meditating and planning.

I sat on my white rock and felt it gently conform to my body. I took some deep breathes and stretched my limbs, then I cleared my mind of all else but the deep pece and beauty that surrounded me, and closed my eyes to meditate.

I felt a presence around me and opened my eyes to see my daughter, Carol, standing in front of me. She was so beautiful with her long black hair and tender, dark blue eyes.

"Good morning mother, how are you feeling," she asked. "I have come to help you sort through your thoughts and feelings, and help you see the threads of your life game plan. May I sit down with you?"

"Surely, Carol, welcome to my quiet place!"

With that said, Carol also sat on my white rock chair and I was amazed to see the rock expand and conform to her body also.

"Have you thought about setting up your goals and actions in this new life game?" Carol asked.

"I have a sense, a slender thread of a plan in mind at this time. I have come to realize that even here there are consequences-even though they may be future consequences-for your actions; your choices. For every choice I have made there are consequences that I see in the next step and set of choices I make. Why, my choice to have children, to be a mother, affects every other choice I make. One thing I know, my main goal, my first and constant choice, is to be a mother, all else pales before that choice."

"Well I am certainly glad for that," said Carol. "let's just look at some of the consequences you have already set up for yourself, as you've made choices in your journey through the houses on the Isle of Purpose.

"You know you are going to the planet Earth; to be born in the city of San Diego, in the State of California, and in the country of the United States of America. That is a fortuitous place of birth that you will be very pleased with.

"You will wrestle with the issue of adoption and the confused feelings that are a result of that choice, but you will be glad you have the parents you have chosen.

"All of your life you will have a drive to learn about everything, especially religion, which will cause you much confusion, until you have come to a place in your life when you come to terms with all you have learned on this subject. Your drive to learn will lead you to a strong desire to go to college, you will be faced with a decision of whether to go to a college and get an advanced degree, or to become a mother first and get your education later.

"Your next challenge is to figure out how many children to bear and how to have a choice in the matter. Then, as you have just learned, you will also be called upon to raise four step children and you will worry if you will have enough strength and endurance to see that challenge through.."

Tomorrow, the conclusion of my quiet place choices...

CHOOSING OUR RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE BIRTH (conclusion)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 9...

"Help me Glenna, this can't be true, I'd never marry or have anything to do with a person of his character. Would I?"

"Honey, choice is always up to you. When this person enters your life you will be at the bottom of the barrel and so poor that you will lose your house and might have to send the boys to live with their father. Ben will try to take advantage of the situation, but you will have the final choice."

Good, I thought, that man I will avoid like the plague.

After a little while had passed, a humble young man of medium build came up to the table and introduced himself as Bruce. He took my hand and led me out onto the dance floor; he was not light on his feet, but he gave it his all.

"Ann," he said, "I will come into your life shortly after Ben. You will be very vulnerable and I will understand your problems because I will have similar problems. I have four children to raise, no mother for them, and no home to take them to. We will strike a bargain to put our finances together and find a home for all nine of the children. We can do together what we cannot do alone. I will ask you to marry me many times but you will always refuse; I think because I have been married and divorced three times before, and you do not want to be a fourth wife. Besides, you will be very protective of your children and not want to get into another long term relatonship. I will love you totally and really admire you. You can trust me to take care of you and all of the cildren. We will have many problems, true, but together we will overcome most of them. Please consider me and choose me, for all of our sakes."

"You know Bruce, I recognize, after meeting Ben, that I will be faced with many problems at the time I meet you. I trust you and I choose to go through all of those problems with you, but you are right, I will never marry you. Thank you for being so honest and forthright."

And with that, Bruce took me back to my table. I sank down into my seat with shaky legs and hands. My word, what am I getting into in this new life game? Did I press a "trouble and woe" button somewhere?

Glenna took my hand and smiled at me gently. "Do you want to leave Ann? Have you seen enough yet?"

"Is there more to see? Let me look at my card."

I looked at my card and there was only one name left, a Bob, and a short sentence that said, "I am a surprise."

"No, Glenna, my card is almost over, let's stay and see this through. I'm very interested to see who the  'surprise' is."

I took a little break and went back to the buffet table to have some cheese and fruit. I needed a space to catch my breath, but all I could think of was; nine children. Nine children; could I possibly be strong enough to raise nine children?

When I got back to the table there was a young man sitting there waiting for me. He introduced himself as Bob and suggested that we sit this dance out and just talk. He told me that he loved me but that ours would be a forbidden relationship; hidden, but necessary for both of us to continue living. He said that we would never dream that such a relationship could come to pass, but circumstances would bring us closely together. He said that we would both have a need for each other and that we would treat each other with great respect and love. He asked me to trust in him and our relationship, and to choose him to be my lover.

No one had ever asked me such a thing, but I told him that I would consider him for a relationship depending on the circumstances that surrounded us. He kissed my hand and said that that was good enough for him. Then he said a polite good-bye.

Almost done I thought, and most of the experiences I had had this evening were unnerving to say the least. One more "surprise" the card said, Could I bear another surprise?

Something made me look up and I saw, striding towards my table, a tall man with long auburn hair and beard. Surely I am dreaming! Surely it can't be my Ed! But it was, with a wicked happy smile he came up to my table, said, "hello, I am your big surprise," and asked me to dance. He said that he had requested the orchestra to play a song for us; "Harvest Moon," by Neil Young.

I was finally in his arms. Surely I must be dreaming, after all this long and disquieting night, happiness and joy.

"Well Ann," he said, "I promised you that we would meet in this new life game. It is towards the end of my life game, but we have plenty of time to get to know and love/hate each other. Our relationship will be turbulent, but also very spiritual and giving. We will come to love and care for each other so deeply that we will become as one. I will ask you to marry me, and you will say 'yes.' I must tell you that our relationship will be beset with struggles and cares, but you will always support me and so we will come out on top; 'you are such a woman to me,'"

"Ed, I totally accept you just as you are; good times and bad for all infinity. I will marry you and love only you for all of my life, and in the afterlife, when we come back home, we will always be one."

Ed led me back to my table, I was walking on air, and he gave me a short kiss and said good-bye. He hated good-byes, and so he walked quickly away.

I dissolved into tears of sadness and joy. Sadness that it would be so long before I saw him again, but joy that after a hard life I would be with my Ed at last.

"Glenna, my card is finished now, and I see my future to be very tumultuous, but amazingly varied. There sure won't be any dull moments. Could we go on now, I'm ready to leave this place. I think I'd like to go to my quiet place and meditate for a while."

"Dear," said Glenna, "you have gone thought a rough and busy night. I think that would be a good idea. When you have come to closure in your quiet place, and you are ready to proceed, we will next be going to the House of Cosmetics, and that should be fascinating for you.

"When you are ready for me again just think of me and we wll be together again. Remember that I love you and have faith in you."

And with that said, I thought and was in my quiet place again.

Tomorrow I visit my quiet place and my daughter Carol comes to visit me to help me sort things out...

CHOOSING OUR RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE BIRTH (cont.)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 9 (cont.)

I was sipping a glass of wine, when another young man came forward. His name was Charles Albert and he was fairly short but very handsome. He had pitch-black hair and big brown eyes with long lashes. He was dressed in a Navy dress uniform and told me that he would be in the Navy when he found me. Then he led me out to the floor to dance; he was very graceful and whisked me about the floor with wonderful rhythm.

"Ann," he said, "I am to be the father of your six children as you chose me to be. We have a fairly hard life before us as I will not make a great deal of money; however I will take two jobs when that happens, and we will raise some beautiful children. There will be things happen in our marriage that I am not proud of, but I will always love only you. Can you accept me as a husband and forgive my flaws? We will not be married forever, but can you overlook my weaknesses and accept me as your husband and the father of our children?"

"Well, Charles, what you say does concern me, but this new life game is going to have many challenges and I have already given my word to you. I will be true to you and bear your children, and I will love you all of your life; so yes, to all you've asked of me.

"Now, will you please take me back to my table, I have a lot of thnking to do."

Charles was so handsome and so innocent looking that I forgave him for any misunderstandings. He was, after all, the only husband that I would ever know, and he was the father of my wonderful children. He kissed my hand and said good-bye tenderly.

I sat down at the table and I felt slightly stunned. Glenna took my hand and said for me not to worry that there was a great deal more for me to see and experience on this night.

At that point, a very pleasant young man came up to me and asked me to dance. He told me that he was my third relationship and that it would be a very short but passionate relationship. He said that his name was Phil and that he would ask me to marry him but that I would turn him down rather harshly. He said that he would be in pain for some time after that.

"Phil," I said, as we waltzed around the room, "I do not choose to hurt you and I am so sorry if I do, you seem like a wonderful young man, and I would think that I would be able to see all of your fine points, but Phil, I will have five children to raise and I think that would be an awful burden on you."

Phil said that he had met all of my children and that he would have no problem raising them. Then I gently hugged Phil and told him that it would not be fair to him because I could never give him a child of his own. Then Phil gently glided me up to my table and we said a sad good-bye.

This dance was becoming very painful. I looked at my dance card and realized that there were still five other men who had asked me to dance; the last a surprise. Surely I wouldn't have five more relationships. That didn't seem to fit with what I thought my plan was; a simple plan I had thought I had.

A young man with long hair tied back with a ribbon approached the table next. He introduced himself as Burton, and said that he was a well known artist and that he would meet me in his old age. He took me out onto the floor and he was really a magnificent dancer, so light on his feet. He told me that we would know each other for a very short time, indeed that I would be his last relationship on Earth. He promised to teach me to paint, and that we would have a short but passionate affair. I thought to myself, my word, I sure do seem to get around a lot considering my goals for my life on Earth. Then I told Burton that I would love to have him for a teacher, and we would see where things led from there.

Burton then danced me to my table, bowed, and left me to my thoughts. Which were, man, things are getting interesting; do I even know myself?

I had hardly had these thoughts when a thick-set, shorter man came up to the table and demanded that I dance with him. I looked at him as if he were crazy and told him that he had a lot of nerve demanding anything of me. He asserted that he had signed my dance card and that that gave him a right to dance with me. All right I said, but this is going to be a short dance.

He rather stiffly took me onto the floor and danced in a perfuntory manner. Then he said, "You are going to marry me. I have a lot of money and property and I will be able to give you a lot of things, including peace and stability. You will meet me when I am very much older than you. You will need money to feed and clothe your children. You will be desperate, and I will sense that and take advantage of your desperate need. I will give you all that you need, but under my direction. Your children will be well taken care of and they can go abroad for schooling and experiencing life. You will choose me because you need me and my money."

To fight for time, I asked what his name was, he hadn't even introduced himself. He said that his name was Ben, and that I would be his.

I asked him to take me back to my table. I told him that I could not choose him ever; not with his rudeness and pushiness. Certainly, I would never marry him.

He took me back to my table with an air of absolute confidence, patted me on the behind, and said don't worry, you will marry me. Then he stalked haughtily away.

I got up and went to the punch bowl and filled my goblet up to the brim, then went back to the table and Glenna.

Tomorrow we conclude Chapter 9 with an answer to the "surprise"...

CHOOSING OUR RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE BIRTH

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 9...

The next building we came to, was a large, rectangular building with a Turquoise roof. In large gold letters over the entrance was a sign that said, House of Relationships. Glenna opened the door and we entered a large entry hall.

A huge archway had a sign above it that said, "The Heaven on Earth Ball." We could hear the music of a Chopin Polonaise. The windows along the sides of the entry hall were covered with white satin drapes. There were signs leading the way to both male and female dressing rooms.

I glanced over to Glenna where she was speaking to a hostess, and when she had finished, she told me to come with her for a great surprise. We walked down to the dressing room that had the name "Ann" on it, and entered the room.

Inside the dressing room was a mannequin wearing a beautiful red velvet ball gown.

"This is your ball gown, and you are about to go to a very special dance. During this dance you will be meeting several men who would like to have a relationship with you in  your new life game. You may accept, reject, or not-consider-until-later any or all of their proposals. You will have a grand time, so remember to just relax and let the spirit lead you, as you enjoy the dance," said Glenna.

With that said, Glenna helped me into the red velvet gown that had little golden bells around the hem. My shoes were covered in red velvet with diamond studs glittering in a lovely flower pattern. There was a diamond necklace at my throat, diamond drop earrings, a diamond bracelet on my left wrist, and a diamond and ruby ring on my right hand. Glenna fixed my hair and we were all ready for a night on the town.

When we were dressed, we went out into the entry hall again, and stepped into the ballroom itself. There were crystal chandeliers in a star pattern across the ceiling of the room. Red velvet curtains hung at all the windows; everywhere were immense bouquets of red and white roses. The tables were round and covered in white linen; crystal goblets, silver service, and white linen napkins adorned each table. We found a table with our names on it and found that we would be joined by three other women and their guides.

We took our seats and took in all of the beautiful sights, and listened closely to the Chopin that the large orchestra was playing.

There seemed to be several hundred people at the Ball, and as we all sat at all of our tables, several young men came by and signed the dance cards of the women they wanted to dance with. Eight young men, including Charles Albert, came and signed my card and asked me to dance with them, one of the men signed, "I am a surprise," but no Ed appeared. I responded that I would gladly dance with them.

Waiters came by with china plates to use for the buffet, filled our goblets with water, and made sure that we had all that we needed.

There was a fountain of wine, and one of pomegranate juice; there was also a huge bowl of punch. On the buffet table, which was thirty feet long, were all kinds of fruits and vegetables cut into little flowers and little animals. There were immense trays of breads and cheeses, and many types of dips and sauces. There were two large bowls of mixed nuts and trays of rich, dark chocolate. A huge cake stood in the middle of the table festooned in red and white roses, and crystal ornaments. At the end of each side of the buffet table were ice sculptures of Cupid with his bows and arrows.

It was all so beautiful that it took your breath away.

When the waiters had finished serving us, we all got up and made our way to the buffet table where we filled our plates with the abundant food. I also stopped at the wine fountain and filled my goblet.

The ladies at our table began to tell us of their experiences in planning their new life games. Everyone seemed content with the choices they had made so far.

After dinner, the noise level in the room quieted down, and the orchestra began playing Strauss waltzes. We all looked around and wondered what would happen next. Then a tall, large young man with blonde hair and blue eyes came up to me and said he had the first dance, and would I dance with him.

He helped me with my chair and soon I was waltzing in his arms. He said that his name was Herbert and that he would like to be my boyfriend during Junior and Senior High Schools. He promised me that he would always be honorable and protect my virtue for those five years. Something about the gallantry in his eyes moved me very much. I felt that I could trust him implicitly. I reached up and kissed his cheek, and told him that I would be honored to have him as a steady boyfriend for our Junior and Senior years of High School. He told me I had made him very happy, and then escorted me back to my table.

Tomorrow, more men come out of the woodwork to dance with me. Is HE the one??...

CHOOSING YOUR PARENTS BEFORE BIRTH (conclusion)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter Eight...

"Oh, yes, Glenna, I am very happy, thank you."

"Well then, let's get up and go to the Tapestry Room, I think you're really going to like it there."

So I arose and we left the wonderful little room and walked down a short hallway to a door with a sign over it that said Tapestry Room. We entered the room and saw a beautiful large tapestry on a giant loom. It seemed to be in the middle of the creation process; many people were involved with intertwining bright threads of brilliant colors.

"Wow, Glenna that is a beautiful tapestry! Who do you suppose owns such a beautiful tapestry!"

"Well, Ann, that is the tapestry of your genealogy, made up of all the points that your different families bring to it. You will notice, while you are on Earth, that there seem to be many 'coincidences' between all of the three families that make up your and your relative's lives. There is no such thing as a coincidence, what you will be observing is the outcome of the choices you are making right now."

"You say three families, Glenna? How three? I only have my two families that I chose."

"Well, Ann, you chose Charles Albert to be your husband, and the family you are going to create-a fourth family out of three-will also be made up of his family. Just think a moment and you will realize that when you marry you are accepting his family into your genealogy. It takes all three families to create the children that you will bear; your fourth family."

"Wow again! This is a lot to absorb, but such a wonderful plan. Can you tell me of some of the coincidences?"

So Glenna told me these stories: Shirley Loretta and Albert Martin, Charles' father, will be born ten miles apart in little towns in South Dakota. During the war, both Ralph and Albert will be enlisted in the Army; Ralph will be stationed in Iowa, where Albert has a home, and Albert in  El Cajon, which is on the outskirts of San Diego, where daddy has a home. Both Shirley's grandparents and Beverly's-Charles' mother-grandparents were early settlers of Iowa. Lee was born in Washington State, and so was your son, Charlie, as well as two of your grandchildren. Furthermore, you were conceived in the State of Washington, and your mother-Shirley-was sent from her home there-in Walla Walla-to live in San Diego. The 'coincidences' will seem to go on forever as you live your life on Earth. Do you need me to go any further?"

"No. Glenna, I get the idea, it is all so fascinating! It makes me think that I have been making good choices."

"Well, that's good. When you see so many 'coincidences' in families that join together, you have a pretty good idea that the families have been created well, and are meant to be.

"Now, let's return to the first room, the hall with the tree in it, and I will be able to tell you about some of the ancestors you are going to be related to."

We left the Tapestry Room and walked down the hall and into the entrance room. When we got there, we went up to the hologram of an oak tree and found it to be very different from the tree we had originally seen.

The tree had the scroll with my name on it, but now all of the boughs of the tree had scrolls that were covered in names.

I read, Ralph Warren and Lucile Harriet as my parents, and as my grandparents there were Charley Warren and Gertrude Roseanne, Ralph's parents, and Walter Mac and Pansy Berle, Lucile's parents. Glenna told me that Charley Warren's parents had come from Sweden, and that Gertrude Roseann's family included a first-cousin relationship to the Younger Brothers and the Dalton Boys, and a less direct cousinship to Frank and Jesse James. Walter Mac had come to the U.S. from Canada, and one of his grandparents had signed the Articles of Confederation. On Pansy Berle's side, there were ancestors from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, grandparents who had fought for sanity during the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and a grandfather who had spent the winter at Valley Forge with General George Washington.

Then a curious thing happened, the first oak tree disappeared and a second oak tree appeared in its place, with my name on the trunk of the tree. This time I read, Daniel Lee and Shirley Loretta as my parents. As my grandparents I read James Lee and Margaret Jones. James Lee and Margaret Jones were first generation Americans who came from Derbyshire, England. On Shirley Loretta's side were grandparents who had helped settle the State of Iowa, the Block's and the Shepherd's. The Shepherd's were originally from England and Scotland, and the Block's were German Jews.

I asked Glenna why there were two trees instead of one like most people have, and she explained to me that the first tree was my dominant side, as I had chosen them to be my parents, but that the second tree was also necessary because my physical ties were to them. I was, she said, a child of very mixed heritage; of very rich heritage.

When I had memorized my genealogy, which Glenna said was not at all necessary at this time, but which I felt compelled to do, Glenna said it was time to go on to our next experience which was the House of Relationships (relativity, joked Glenna).

We left the Genealogy Building and set off for the House of Relationships.

(Where you come from is not as important as what you send forth.)

Tomorrow we will explore: Do we choose all of our personal relationships before we are born?...

CHOOSING YOUR PARENTS BEFORE BIRTH (cont.)

THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell..Chapter 8...

I focused on calling my father. I was oblivios to my body, all there was in me was a drive and a focus to find out who my father was.

The bed gently swayed and the music led me up several levels to a point where all the world was laid out before me and I could see all the people in their daily lives. "Father, Father!" I cried. Then I let my mnd go entirely free and I could hear in the distance a name, Ralph, Ralph, floating up to my ears, and my heart was struck with love; a pure love so intense that my mind fell to its knees in awe.

A soft voice spoke, "Use your powers and put yourself where your father is, and converse with him telepathically; when you are on Earth and you hear a voice in your mind, know that it is someone who is talking to you; that someone has come in answer to your prayers."

So I went to Earth with my mind, and was in the middle of a large kitchen filled with heavenly aromas. There was a tall redhead singing his heart out to his Lord and stirring a vat of soup. I went up to him, he was Ralph Warren and he is my father. I said to him, "father, I am your little girl and I want you to choose me to be your little girl forever."

Ralph turned toward my voice and said, "of course I choose you to be my daugter. What is your name?"

"Ann is the name you call me by. Thank you so much for choosing me. I love you forever."

Ralph's eyes were so filled with love, and then a cloud of sadness came over his face. "Ann, I am married to a woman I love, and we cannot have children. Lucile had a hysterectomy three years ago; she'd suffered with endometriosis for years, and she is devastated that she cannot have children; she wants a little girl so badly."

"Daddy, isn't there some other way I could come to you?"

"Well, Lucile and I have been talking about adoption. You could come to Earth through another mother who has a problem with keeping and raising you, and then she would give you up to us on a permanent basis; that is called adoption."

"Will you wait for me to come to you?"

"I will, but how am I going to know you; how will I know which baby to pick?"

"Daddy you will know me because you will look into my eyes and recognize me."

Ralph went back to his vat of soup and tried to remember the strange "day-dream" he had just had, that had so moved him, "Oh well, it must have been nice; wish I could remember it better."

So my quest is not over yet. There is another element to this story. Ralph is my spiritual father and now I must find a physical father, one that I'll never be able to know; a "sperm donor."

I relaxed my brain once more, and focused on father, dear father, wherever you are!

Then I heard a gentle voice say, "Daniel. Daniel Lee."

My mind went out to be with Daniel, and I was on earth, in Walla Walla, Washington, in a young man's bdroom. He was sitiing on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands. He wore the uniform of the United States Army. He was thinking that he was afraid to go to war and hoped that he remained in Walla Walla, for a long while. There was a girl he had just met at a USO dance the other night, maybe she'd like to go out with him later that night.

"Daniel, Daniel, I am your little girl and I am asking you to choose me to be your daughter."

"What's that! I must be hearing things! Be your father? I'm not ready for kids in my life. Heck, though, I guess it wouldn't hurt to say yes, but mind now, I'm not raising any brats!"

With that said, he scratched his head, thought, I must be going daft, and went back to thinking about the dance tonight.

Well, that stung a bit, but at least he agreed to be my father and if I'm not too wrong, I think the redhead he is interested in tonight, will turn out to be my mother. Her name is Shirley Loretta and she is a married woman, but her husband is overseas in the Army.

Finally I rested and enjoyed the gentle rocking of the bed and the Mozart concerto, and I realized that I had come back into the room. I opened my eyes and Glenna was at the side of the bed with a smile on her face.

"You have gone through kind of a shock with having to choose two sets of parents. Are you satisfied with the results?"

Tomorrow, the conclusion of Chapter 8, the genealogical tree...