Johnny a senior too, is Janet’s date, Janet is a freshman perhaps that is why he was able to get her to come. Nevertheless, he does seem taken by Janet, Jeremy’s granddaughter. I have gotten to know Janet pretty well from classes; she also helps occasionally with the charity and holds an internship there. I smile thinking Johnny could not do much better, as the two walk hand-in-hand to the dance floor they seem to be made for each other. Janet chose well for her ball gown, it works well with her hair color. I really had not paid much attention to Janet earlier; although she seems to have highlighted her hair for the prom other than that, she is her same self.
Janet like most people from this area is a mixture typically of English, and Scotch Irish descent along with Cherokee, a tribe of Native Americans. Janet has Auburn hair with strawberry highlights. She stands about five foot six inches average for her age and heritage. She has warm brown eyes that nearly look golden in the sunlight. The tight lines of her gown show off an attractive athletic figure.
Joan would say, “I am not sure if they are interested in me, my looks or my money. The boys at high school seem to be so shallow.”
Kathryn empathized, “I was the luckiest girl around I had JJ, maybe you should ask one of my older sisters for advice. They are all very attractive so they know what you mean by them being interested only in the way you look.”
Joan gets a slightly devilish look and ask, “You think we can share JJ tonight?” Seeing Kathryn’s shocked expression she giggles and continues, “Just dancing. I expect Jim and Johnny to dance with me a few times as well.”
Kathryn begins giggling along with Joan and Kara before she shakes her head yes but warns, “You know how the rumor mill is around here. If you can deal with it, I do not have a problem.”
Joan shakes her head says, “School is the same no matter where you are at.” Kathryn shakes her head yes to that.
During the prom the first few hours I spent dancing with Kathryn, Sam and Crystal mostly, I did dance three times with Joan and even once with Kara as Daniel danced with Kathryn. During the dance with Kara, she asks me, “JJ did you ever think what would have happened if I had come to the mailbox the day you met Kathryn?”
I chuckle for second before I say, “Quantum physics makes my head hurt, but I am sure there is a universe where that happened. They may be a universe where we are married; anything that can occur will generate a new universe with a different timeline. Yes I did think of it, but I hate to tell you this I am glad you stayed inside.”
Kara with a giggle says, “Actually I am too. Kathryn is happier than anyone that I know, except maybe me. I do not know about any other universe but in this one we are with who we are meant to be with.”
Smiling at my sister’s wisdom I say, “I have to admit, you are a genius Kara.”
Kara dancing us closer to Daniel says, “Why thank you brother, you do know it runs in the family.” Kara and Kathryn switch partners during the dance and I pulled my wife close to me.
After we spin across the dance floor a little bit Kathryn asks, “What did you and Kara talk about?”
Whispering into my beautiful wife’s ear I say, “Quantum physics, and I have to admit Kara has the best grasp on the subject. She told me in this universe we are with whom we are meant to be with.”
Kathryn giggles and says, “My sister is a genius.”
Chuckling I say, “It runs in the family, I could not do better if I had tried. I have a beautiful wife who is a genius at finance; I have ten brothers and sisters, geniuses all.”
Kathryn smiles brightly and says, “The ten of them will appreciate your confidence in them.”
I had not thought but there is another connection to ten, Kathryn’s four sisters and three brothers, Joan, Johnny, and Marshall. However, my family is quite larger than that now with the Coach and Helen, Mom, Uncle George and Alyssa, MC, Misty, Daniel and all the kids. I am sure it is far from finish growing. Kara will have twins the summer. Moreover, it would not surprise me if Michelle, MC, Maria, Joan and Karen would get married shortly and start families. Kathryn’s three brothers all have fiancés and life plans that take them away from us, but no farther than a phone call or flight.
Michael Junior has decided to continue his education and become a medical doctor. Mark also wishes to become a doctor but have not decided which field. He is leaning towards pediatrics saying the family growing so large will need a full-time pediatrician. Eddie has decided to go into engineering, and he has taken the fast track at college not taking the summer semesters off. Maria will be finished this semester; although I am unsure what she majored in, I think it was early childhood education. I know Maria loves children. Sam Crystal and Cindy all love their aunt Maria.
Overall, my family is quite diverse in their pursuits. Misty is an artist of renowned, after all Lloyd’s of London appraised her work, Change, for three quarters of a million dollars. Misty’s other works was appraised nearly as high.
Daniel is an architect and proving to be in very high demand. Kara so far has helped Daniel in his practice, is a natural born interior designer, and her eye for style and function has helped Daniel rise to the top. The two of them fit together like excellently cut puzzle pieces; they complete each other with their talents.
Michelle, supplements the business sense my mother needs, the two of them have renovated a second and now started a third theater, they are adding a multiscreen theater at our mall, the old one close down several years ago. Now with the upturn in the local economy Michelle feels that the need for entertainment has grown sufficiently to support a larger theater. Michelle has Daniel and Kara with Mom’s oversight working on the blue prints, and construction should start in a couple months.
MC, Michelle Collins is a columnist of renowned, and now an author of one of the best-selling children’s books in the last two decades. Her fairytale a Samantha and her Prince Daddy is in its third publication each larger than the last, and seems to sell out of stores faster than they can arrive. It is both sad and sweet and ends like a true fairytale with everyone living happily ever after.
Someone once asked me, “With all that money why not just retire and do nothing, raise your kids living off all that wealth?”
I chuckle as I replied, “It is a lot more fun helping others, you know that good feeling you get when you have actually done something good for someone, like giving firewood to a poor old woman to help keep her warm. You will find yourself having a warmer life for the giving. If I stopped, become selfish and miserly, I am sure I would not be the only one who suffered.”
Here is the truth, whether we want to admit it or not, every single one of us are connected. What we do eventually will come back through that connection. Good or bad it will return through our interconnectivity, no matter what your belief, we all still have that connection. No man is an island, we all suffer when one of us suffers, most people ignore that, are too numb from their own self-centeredness, too engrossed in our own problems to even realize how connected we are to our family, to our community, to our nation, to our world, and the universe as a whole.
If you do not believe that try this simple exercise, do without everything that someone other than yourself has created, manufactured or produced. Use only what you have made from raw materials, such as wood from trees you cut, steel from ore and coal that you mined, clothing from the wool from sheep you have shepherded.
I hope you see my point now, in this modern life were even more dependent on each other, even a hundred years ago our great-grandfathers were nearly as dependent on each other, even a thousand years ago it was the same. Truly and no time in our history as a species we have been independent, we have always depend on others to help us survive.
In truth that is a strength, our interdependence if we recognize and embrace it. I do not have to accomplish everything for my survival; I can depend on others to help me survive. Once we work together realizing our interdependence, our interconnections life truly could become better for all.
I do not know why musings come to me like that. It is something about being near Kathryn that brings that out. I know for sure my wife is my life. The two of us are so connected and that makes us so dependent upon the other. Maybe that makes it easy for me to see on outward, realize how dependent we are on others.
The plans Kathryn has for this evening are no surprise to me. That does not mean I do not appreciate them, and love her for the effort. Even the effort she went into trying to conceal them, to make it a surprise. I know in about ten minutes Daniel and Kara will take Sam and Crystal home for the night. Leaving Kathryn and I alone, she is even arrange for Amanda to be taking care of by Misty until noon tomorrow.
No wonder Kathryn had such a shocked expression when Joan asked if she could share me this evening. Kathryn’s plans for tonight have nothing to do with sharing me, tonight is going to be just us. Kathryn’s Doctor has just given her clearance for us to resume our sexual activities. Kathryn wanted to make it extra special, like our second first night together, as a married couple Kathryn become pregnant on our first day together as husband and wife.
It seems like in this universe our children are in a hurry to be with us. It is not that I mind that, I just hope Kathryn’s body is not adversely affected. We do our best to ensure we get adequate nutrition, a good multivitamin every day, a balanced diet, and suitable exercise to maintain our weight.
I do want Kathryn to wait a while between pregnancies, it is not that I dislike how her body changes or having a house full of small children. We adopted Sam and Crystal, and Amanda was born all before our first anniversary, they are our Princesses. Most young couples never deal with having three children before their first anniversary. Kathryn and I seem too stride it easily, although sometimes I do wish I had Kathryn to myself for a moment or two longer. However, we would never give up our three girls for anything.
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