The last one she had sent me was one of her and a friend at a Halloween party wearing barley anything at all. With the picture she said that she misse...d me and she'd really like to see me soon. In her letters she told me about boyfriends she had and sulked about her breakups. My sister and I had always been close so when she called me one day crying telling me about how Stephen broke up with her for Becky and he had been cheating on her for 3 months now with Becky and then confessed that she had. I give you permission to expel that one after five minutes.I felt much better after that, but sure as hell dreaded the enemas. I kind of had gotten used to the bottled stuff and the fact that I really was not required to hold it in. That bloody bag was a whole other story.After answering several e-mails from friends across the county I shut the computer down, grabbed some snacks and another beer and turned on the TV to the Encore channel for westerns. Another classic "Winchester 73". I'm not. What's he like?" Oh, he's a really nice guy. His name is Jafar. You should meet him someday. Happily married, three wives, Gila, Yemima, and... uh... Merav... I'd like you to meet them all, very interesting people..." Basel wiggled his toes in appreciation as Eliana pressed her thumbs into the ball of his foot. "The family has been at Karbala for close to a hundred years now."Eliana's eyebrows went up. "That long?"Basel nodded. "They are all such expert shepherds, they have permanent permits. It seems like I was not one of those kind of people. It seemed like I was blown about like a tumble weed.The Trade Winds Beckon... When I arrived at Grace's house, she was just getting there herself. I went to her car to see if she had anything to carry in. I grabbed some of the sacks and helped her get everything inside. Once we unloaded everything on to the counter, she turned around and gave me a big hug and a kiss. She didn't ask any questions. I asked her about her day as we started.