The conversation only lasted about 20 minutes, but I felt like I just got home from vacation. Xxx I let her finish all that she had to say and told her about how my day went. I asked, “How will I know for sure when I’m ready?”
Chief said matter-of-factly, “You’ll just know. For me, Cherry was the ‘gold standard’ in women: the one to which all others would be compared. Before I realized it, I had walked towards (or perhaps drawn like a magnet to) where they were practicing and Cherry spotted me. On the drive there, my shirt was irritating my stitches and it had me once again thinking about little Katie. I parked a respectable distance from the main building and saw a group of girls warming up near what was clearly the football practice field.
