"Have you had the talk with ConnieJo yet?" Charlene asked innocently."Nooooo I don't know how to approach the subject. I never was good at that sort o...f things. Nobody explained it to me and I just learned it the fun way." They both laughed. Aunt Charlene jumped on this bit of information and offered "Well Joan do you want me to tell her the facts of life? I can do the talk with ConnieJo just as easy as I've done it with all the girls I've had from Juvie Hall. I know all the questions they. ....SWISH!....SMACK!!! It became a familiarpattern, first the swishing of the whip as it whistled through the air and then the sharp stinging pain as it made contact with my backside.The whip seemed to sing out as it would sail through the air until it ultimately landed on my ass. "OWWWWWWWWWWW!!!"...... "OOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!"......... "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH"........"OOOHHHHHHHH!!!"I would cry out each time the whip came down to land on it's intended target. By now I had taken nearly two dozen. The storm was much more than she expected. The warmth of the water and the difficulty in getting a clear breath in the heavy seas was causing her to become more fatigued and more quickly than she was prepared for. Unconsciously, her body began to relax in an attempt to allow the wave action to assist her swim; the swells carrying her for a while -- up, down, up, forward, and down; again and again.Tracy stroked with less energy; her arms were definitely beginning to get tired, and her legs were. That was not always true with your cousins that away. There has been alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling and other sicknesses. There were people that grew apart, and there have also been reconciliation. There even has been redemption. We have to be there for one another. We are all human and therefore weak.’ ‘I also know who this family is. Do you remember how you went out of your way when your Aunt Iwona was hospitalized? Over five years ago I saw you verbally take down and refuse any.