I am in charge onweekends at a Christian homeless shelter. I ran the place basicallyfrom Saturday morning until Monday morning. At 55, I had moreexp...erience with the subject than most people ever would. I was borninto a good family, but into the late 60s and early 70s I had a problemwhich I had no context at the time to understand. In fact it gave me alot of rage. I didn't really understand the conflict inside me betweenseeing a boy on the outside, but feeling like a girl on the inside. . He’d been quiet since leaving the Middle East. They hoped that the news they had would cheer him up a little. Smiling, Georgia said, “We have some news for you.”“What?” Oscar asked knowing what they were about to tell him, but not wanting to spoil their surprise. He still had the ability to see the future.“We’re both pregnant,” Debbie said feeling Georgia squeeze her hand. They had bought a pregnancy test from the pharmacy. The results were positive, but hadn’t been verified by a doctor. I sat back down on a chair across from the couch where Violet and jack were sitting and talking. I closed my eyes and felt the x hitting me for the first time and it was good! I opened my eyes to them both looking at me and laughing"Falling asleep on us?" jack asked"Not at all! Just enjoying the vibes" i answered with a smileAfter a few minutes of small talk Violet got up to use the bathroom, Jack and I watched her walk down the hall and she passed the room with the mysterious box without. ”Benny said, “He’s got the brains of an amoeba.”Cathy said, “I don’t get it. An amoeba is a single celled organism. It doesn’t have brains.”“Exactly so.”It wasn’t until the guy had nearly finished ringing up the second cart when the manager happened to notice what was happening. It was pretty obvious that he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He went over to fix the problem.“What are you doing?”“I’m waiting for a price check.”“Why aren’t you ringing up the other items?”“You told me to wait.