I was looking for that to change after I hung my stylish new shingle Saturday afternoon. Molly also dropped by on Saturday with my new curtains and ta...ble drape. I borrowed a hammer and some nails from Miguel, and tacked the curtains across the top of the window frame. Molly had also made two tiebacks to hold the curtains open.To show her how much I appreciated her efforts, I locked the door, closed the curtains and gave her a little oral treat as she sat on my desk. Molly protested the entire. .." Frank shrugged, "she should be all right. We'll just have to wait and see."Tanya wasn't convinced. She was still worried sick. "She could still die! What would I tell Béla? 'Hi. You remember your sister, the one that traveled through the depths of space for thousands of millions of miles safely with you, the one that you gave to us and said, 'Take care of her?' Well, we dumped a gallon of booze down her and she croaked!' " Tanya's voice rose with hysteria as she spoke."Look. It's okay,". I couldn't have done it without you. There wouldn't have been a point."I felt like I was on the top of the world. "I am so happy for you and for us. I love you and I so wanted this to happen for you," I said with a lump in my throat.Fran looked at me, drew breath to say something, faltered, and then got it out. "I love you too. I think I have for a long time. I am learning to love myself; that takes a little longer..."Did I say I was on top of the world before? Forget that. This was the top of. Say about Mom's age. I asked her if she would mind answering a few questions...if she had the time. She shrugged and said she didn't have a lot of time for a survey. I told her that I wasn't doing a survey, that I was just asking strangers off-the-wall questions." I grinned, remembering her reaction. "I asked her a few things. What her favorite meal was. If she liked to dress sexy under her clothes. She was in a business pants suit. Executive-type, looking lady. That one made her grin."Gwen.