"You don't have to worry about that Imani, here at Christ our Redeemer Temple of Faith we are open to all those who believe in God despite their sexua...lity. Here we believe in love that our father has shared with us and try to share it throughout the community as well as within the church." "Phew, that's a relief because if it wasn't I would have had to leave." "I can see that you are very passionate about homosexuality, which I understand because of your age but I hope that you have the same. I'm not sure horses understand or recognize the names we give them as names, but they seem to respond when their names are voiced. Not at first, but after many repetitions. I named my stallion..." Big Black," he said, interrupting me."Yeah," I said. "Evidently, I named him while delirious. I had another name picked out for him, but I let my subconscious be my guide."Later that afternoon, Owen ran me down."It's snowin' like crazy at Respite," he said."Had to happen," I said. "I'm just glad I'm. Bremerhaven was a port city and it was more like a boom town of economic upswings and constant labor shortages to move the supplies to all the fronts of the newly established Third Reich.I had to share a small hotel room with a union boss that always had a bottle of British whiskey near at hand to refill his glass that had seen better days. I don’t know where he got the stuff and how it seemed to magically appear along with cigars and other perks of his union leadership role. He constantly had. Waiters taking orders, young couples on first dates to a group of women sat at their usual table drinking and unwinding after a long day at work. “Ugh, why did he have to be engaged?”“I did tell you yet like a moth to the flame you went and asked him out anyway.” The eldest of the group looked down at her friend who had their face flat against the table, right next to an impressive collection of empty pint glasses.“I thought you were kidding … I have the worst luck.”“Ya think?” Their reply.