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Cindy’s turn:

Interesting day, today. Got off to a normal start, and then my phone buzzed. ID says “Jo”, so I answer. “Good morning, big sister! How are you today?”

“Umm. Good and bad, Cindy. Maybe it’ll get better as soon as I can get a few more crackers and ginger ale in me.”

SQUEAL!! I know. Terribly unprofessional, but this is my sister despite us having different parents. “Seriously, Jo?”

“Oh, yes. Here we go again. But I called to ask a favor: I need to run over to Atlanta today, to pick up Dad and Mom. I called them last night about the new addition to the family, and they’re headed this way now. Can you make the run over with me? I’m still not confident with commercial air-space.”

I know that when she says ‘not confident in commercial airspace’ and ‘Atlanta’, I have the needed excuse to go crank up the OLD Pilatus. Poor thing. She’s not a year old yet and she’s our ‘old Pilatus’. Or she will be in a month or so when I go pick up her baby sister.

“OK. What time?”

“I’m thinking about 2 pm. They’re due in at 3, so that would probably get it.”

“OK, Jo. Look, let’s meet at the airfield at one. Kinda takes a while to get the walk-around done and a flight plan into Atlanta’s always fun.

“And while we’re thinking, bring Stoney and Junior with you, and I’ll bring Mandy -- we’ll overwhelm them with redheads, don’t you think?”

“Sounds pretty good. We’ll see you at one.”

“Tell ‘em that we’ll be at Signature to get ‘em.”

And now a call to Mandy -- she’ll get a kick out of this, and learn some stuff. I’m liking this new ‘little sister’ thing.

So okay ... Stoney’s not available, but there’s me and Jo and Mandy and little Stoney. Jo elects to sit in the cabin, the better to take care of a very active and exploratory toddler, so that puts Mandy in the right seat of five million dollars’ worth of airplane.

Just as well get her some more exposure. Kind of like learning to swim by being unceremoniously dumped over the rail in the middle of the Gulf. She’ll either take to it, or be permanently scarred.

“You want ME up there?” she squealed as we were boarding.

“Yes. You don’t HAVE to. I fly this thing by myself a bit. Thought you might...”

Squeal! “I WANT to!”

So, okay, there’s a bit of data.

Sometimes I miss the juddering, stuttering starts of the engines on Songbird, our old Cessna twin. Lotte’s just so sedate and businesslike. “Like a Swiss accountant,” Mister Bjorn had said during a conversation about our upcoming adventure.

Atlanta’s main airport, where we’re going, has FIVE almost parallel runways. The flight’s a hundred miles, straight line, and yeah, they could’ve driven, but...

Cindy, pay attention. Make sure it’s YOUR runway, then get down and get off and get out of the way.

And if I can get in and out of ATL – the busiest airport in the world, arguably – then I can go anywhere.

Mister Anders wasn’t the only one shaking his head at the herd of redheads – me, Mandy, Jo, little Stoney, and he adds Mizz Bridgette to the herd.

I watched Mandy’s interactions with Jo’s parents – new faces to her. Mandy’s blossoming. Just a few days, she’s opened up like one of those flowers in a nature video, and it’s beautiful to behold.

“You’re the co-pilot?” Anders asked her.

Mandy beamed. “Yessir. Cindy’s offering. I’m accepting. Mizz Jo wanted to sit in the cabin with Stoneykins.”

“‘Stoneykins’,” Mizz Brigitte tittered. “Delightful!”

Yes. I’m watching my sister. ‘Delightful’ works.

Okay, Cindy, head back in the game. You have to get us home. ATL’s expensive for us little planes and this is an excellent example of frogs and ponds. Back at the 3Sigma field, Lotte is just a tad from being the biggest plane, in terms of weight. Here at Atlanta, her six tons (and she’s NOT even close to that today) is slightly more than a rounding error on the weight and balance sheets of jumbo jets.

It is incumbent on me, Cindy from a central Alabama trailer park, to snake my way through the madhouse that is Atlanta’s main airport and take a load of people that I love back to their home.

When I’m fifteen miles away from the airport I close my instrument flight plan. It’s a pretty day, I’m NOT going far, so I stay below ten thousand feet and zip along at max cruise, explaining my choices as we go. Mandy listens.

And in half an hour, we’re descending onto our familiar little strip of earth.

Alan’s turn:

Word spreads quickly around here, including the news of Jo’s second pregnancy, and the visit of Anders and Birgitta. Yes, I know her name is Bridgette, but she gets a delightful expression if I call her ‘Birgitta’, something I learned from her husband.

But I had a larger thought in mind, and I checked quickly with both Dans and Jason, and they quickly agreed. Let’s see how this goes -- I purchased a fresh bottle of cognac and some glasses for this.

So here we are at dinner, and two tables over are Stoney and Anders, and the mob of redheads. Gotta grin: In the entire world, about 2% of the populace is red-headed, and at that table, they’re the majority. Something is wrong there. They giggle, they laugh, and somehow they think it all makes sense. And Anders is uncomfortable, obviously.

Finally he (evidently) made some apology and rose, then headed toward our table -- me, the Dans, and Jason. As he approached, we all rose. Anders said, “Gentlemen, this isn’t the Army anymore. Please be seated.”

I said, “Sir, in some ways it is.” I motioned to Stoney, and he made his way over.

When Stoney was seated, I said, “Sir, we are all ‘Junior Officers’, and this effort has become entirely too complicated for us. We are in dire need of a Field-grade Officer here.” A little smirk from his son-in-law. “Will you help us?”

And from my bag, I pulled the snifters and the cognac.

Anders was silent for a minute. Then he said, “Look over at Johanna’s table. All the redheads, including my WIFE! They overwhelm me. I might decline your offer, but I cannot refuse theirs. I have little choice. What do you require of me?”

My turn. “Anders, we’re engineers. I’ve been trying to wear two hats – engineer and CEO – and I am uncomfortable. We talked with YOUR daughter and she seems to think it’s right up YOUR alley.”

He’s a big guy, and from my days as an Army lieutenant, I know he’s a full colonel and therefore somewhat of a minor god. And for the first time I saw one of those guys caught a bit off guard.

“Wow!”

First time I ever heard a colonel say ‘wow’.

“You have an MBA, sir...” Dan 1.0 said.

“You ‘sir’ me one more time, Dan Richards, and you’ll be standing at attention. Please ... we’re family at this table.” He leaned back.

“Cognac?” I asked.

“Why not?!?”

I poured everybody a glass. All of us, with the exception of Jason, were former military and we knew the convention for a toast, either the ‘dining-in’ rules for formal Army functions, or slightly less formal, more a German thing. Glasses raised. Jason’s, too.

“Colonel? A toast!”

He raised his glass. “To the United States of America!” and he tossed it back. We mirrored.

Glasses on the table. Another round. You DO realize that I’m not pouring full shots, don’t you?

“To the United States Army!”

And another round.

This time Anders surveyed the table, raised his glass. “To 3Sigma Engineering and their new CEO, and may God help us all!”

I stood up. “Folks, can I have your attention?”

Everybody turned.

“I have the distinct privilege of introducing 3Sigma’s new chief executive officer, Anders Solheim.”

Applause. Just as it should be. And Alan gets to be a bit more of an engineer and a bit less of whatever it is the CEOs do. I’ve never been really sure.

Oh, to be sure, there’s a geography thing. They have that wonderful home in the mountains of Montana.

“We’re keeping that. Summer home. Maybe winter home, too,” he said.

And at the big table with Jo and Stoney and the little Stoney, Bridgette announced to Jo, “You and your husband build YOUR house here. When you move in, we take over your apartment. It’s a beautiful place and we will enjoy grandparenting from it, correct, love?” And she turned those blue eyes on her Viking of a husband.

I think I saw him shudder under the impact.

“Correct, my dear...”

Bill Carmody’s turn:

I’m getting a little nervous here, but not much way to get around it. You see, when you bring a new student into the local school district, you must register her with the school board, even if she’s going to be home-schooled.

Alan gave me a business card with the name “Joellen Greybill”.

Yup. Made the call and the appointment, pulled the file (getting a little thick now) of all the official guardianship papers, home-school consortium papers, all that. Told Mandy, “Saddle up, honey. We have to take you over to the school board and jump through their hoops.”

“Umm. Dad, don’t you think I should dress up a little?” Mandy said.

I regarded MY daughter. Heaven knows, bopping around town, I get to see plenty of kids, many of them her age, so I can make a judgment. “Mandy, your shorts and polo shirt will work just fine. Don’t worry about it at all. This is more of a formality. And I suspect it won’t take too long.”

Have to chuckle a little. Khaki shorts and Navy polo -- we kinda look related, except that my trousers are longer, but the same 3Sigma shirts (mine’s about five sizes larger, of course.)

Anyway, over to the school board office, where the receptionist directs us back to Mizz Greybill, who’s standing in front of her desk.

I said, “Good morning, ma’am. I’m Bill Carmody, and this is my daughter, Mandy Simmons.”

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Community Moving OnChapter 4

Bill Hardesty’s turn: I’ve just become Bill 3.0. Cindy officially conferred the status upon me. “Bill 1.0’s my adopted dad. Bill 2.0’s Haley’s husband in Louisiana. Since you’re part of this now, you shall be Bill 3.0.” Which is fine, except to Herself, the Vickster, I’m ‘Billy’. “Cindy said you were ‘Billy’ when she first met you.” “I was. I like to think that I’m mature enough to be ‘Bill’ now.” Sparkly eyes. “Not ‘William’?” “Bill.” Snicker. “Billy.” That snicker is one reason I’m...

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Community FourEverChapter 2

Beck’s turn: First thing I did when we got home is call Mom. “Hello, my lost daughter,” Mom said, using her best ‘poor me’ voice. “Did somebody go into the hospital? It is not yet Saturday.” “Mom, your GRAD-daughter...” ““GRAND daughter,” Mom corrected. “My grand-daughter the millionaire...” “Your grand-daughter the research scientist...” “What has become of her now?” “She’s holding a letter in her hands that says she’s graduated college with a degree in engineering.” “My...

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Community Moving OnChapter 11

Teresa’s turn: Mom’s totally destroyed. I’m standing on a pedestal, a seamstress, a REAL seamstress, is taking measurements for my wedding dress. “Mom, stop crying, for heaven’s sake...” “Every time I think about you getting married,” Mom sobbed. “It’s the expected progression in life. Grow up, leave home, get married...” “Finish college is in there somewhere,” Vicki said. She’s my co-conspirator. We’re getting married the same day. She’s tagged my little brother, a big surprise, since...

2 years ago
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CommunityChapter 66

Susan's turn: I'm waiting for the aliens to show up. Here's how I figure it will break down. Nikki and Cindy will work with Terri and Rachel on the Star Wars squirrel denial system. They'll actually GET that 95 gigahertz transmitter, and in the process of modulating its output so that it only severely annoys squirrels instead of cooking them on the spot out there in the yard, they'll transmit a signal into space where it will be picked up by an alien spacecraft. The aliens will come...

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Community FourEverChapter 13

Bill Carmody’s turn: Yesterday’s wedding was a delight, especially watching my NEW daughter (!) and Cindy, my original daughter, looking and acting very much like twins. Can’t help but grin, just thinking about it. Both of ‘em have a little fire in their eyes, and when they’re together, you can nearly SEE the sparks flying between them. Couldn’t have asked for a more unlikely development, right up to matching green dresses they bought together for the wedding. And my phone buzzes --...

2 years ago
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CommunityChapter 71

Tina's turn: "What's so funny?" my husband asked. "Stoney and Jo are coming back and they're still flyin' that Pitts." "Did they buy it?" "She says 'no', but two trips, you gotta wonder." I giggled. I know the real reason. A combination of scheduling conflicts and weather had kept us from holding the weekend airport social and landing contest. The social, however, now had a few outside participants. I mean, it was bound to happen. We don't exist in a vacuum. On any given...

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Community FourEverChapter 24

Cindy’s turn: 0700 for a wake-up. The alarm caught me when it went off. Sometimes I’m drifting between sleep and awake, but not this morning. I finally got to sleep, found out that Dana’s a kicker, so I kicked back. When the alarm went off, I let it roll for a bit, listening to the whines and other sounds of the gang waking up. I killed it, turned to get out of bed, but was a bit slow. I saw a T-shirted Rachel flash by muttering “bathroom...” Well, at least with two rooms we can split the...

3 years ago
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Community TooChapter 4

Tina's turn: I keep telling myself that Bot-bot is not a real pet. I only wish I knew what was going on in my little girl's mind. Parse that statement, won't you? I have a stepdaughter who's ten years younger than me, who is probably past me in some ways, academically speaking. I know she does things with technology that all of us in the community wonder about. What went on in her head that caused her to take a mobile squirrel repeller platform and convert it into a pet? Yeah, I know,...

3 years ago
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Community TooChapter 15

Tim's turn: I'd be a janitor for 3Sigma after seeing how Vicki and Kim fit in here. I'm THAT happy. That whole 'divorced dad' thing is horrible. I mean, you talk with your daughter on the phone once or twice a week, trying to stay up with what's going on in her life, and then you get a week or so for Thanksgiving or Christmas and you get a few weeks in the summer. A week was BAD. I don't know little girls. Until this past year, I didn't have my own place, so we cribbed up at Mom and...

4 years ago
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Community TooChapter 22

Donna's turn: Do you know how to bring on pure pandemonium in my daughter's little community? Let me tell you. Saturday nights are the big night for music. Everybody's usually there. Well, sometimes we add Stoney and Johanna, sometimes Jason and Susan are off visiting one set of impending grandparents or the other. This particular weekend, though, we're all together. Me and Bill, we have our own swing there. So we laugh and sing and dance and then there's a break and my Bill stands...

2 years ago
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Community TooChapter 23

Terri's turn: I really DO love my mom. I'm speaking of my natural mom, the person who carried me for nine months, then gave birth to me. I did not and still do not understand why she left Dad for Mister Martin. I know both men and there's no comparison. Tina tells me that there are things that go on in people's hearts and heads that are not easily defined. Defined. If you define 'step-mom', it means the woman who marries your dad. That's Tina. Dictionary definitions are so...

4 years ago
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Community TooChapter 35

Nikki's Turn: Mommyhood hangs over us all. Don't get me wrong, I am in no way disparaging FOUR new mommies. Let's run down the list. Susan 'n' Jason have little JW – Jason Wallace, named after him and his dad. Alan and Tina have Katherine Genevieve – after nobody in particular, but Terri is forbidden to call her Kathygen. Johanna and Stoney have Randall Stonewall, and Mister Bill and Mizz Donna have Cindy's half-sister Elise Ann, a whole two days old. I'm likely to be the next. My...

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Community TooChapter 50

Still Nikki’s turn: I squeezed Dan’s fingers. “A bit of bad luck, this,” I said. “Baby, be so kind as to hand me my iPhone. I need to get the news out.” Dana’s turn: We’re a pretty connected group here. I mean, everybody’s always texting and posting updates during the day, so when I got one from Nikki, I knew where she was supposed to be – on campus with the munchkins. I thought I’d see another ‘you won’t believe what Terri (or Rachel or Vicki) just did’ post. It wasn’t. I’m at the...

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Community FourEverChapter 34

Derek’s turn: This is trouble. Wonderful, happy, delightful, ecstatically wonderful. But trouble. I knew what was going to happen when Rachel called me to help her feed Dana’s cat. Empty apartment except for me and Rachel and the cat, and the cat gets petted while I’m sitting next to Rachel and the cat leaves and Rachel turns to me. I like kissing her. I like holding her. We talk about everything. Tara says we’re too young to have a past, but I’ve lived through a car wreck and the loss of...

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Community Three SigmaChapter 6

Cindy’s turn: It was just another morning in the office when the phone rang and as Maddie was occupied, I answered it. “3Sigma, this is Cindy. May I help you?” “Cindy? Good, it’s you I wanted to talk to.” “Hello Mizz Patel. What’s going on today?” “Would you mind if I drive out to your office? I’d like to talk about something in private.” I noted that she didn’t have her normal happy lilt. “Of course it’s okay. You’re always welcome here.” This was unusual for her though, so I added,...

4 years ago
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Community Three SigmaChapter 11

Tara’s turn: We did it. Derek and I talked. He agreed, but honestly, I’m the adult in this equation, actually his legal guardian, and he would have had to go along with my plan. However, a certain pre-teen Jewish princess seems to have gained my little brother’s eye. I think that if we HADN’T decided to move, he might’ve hitched a ride back here. The apartment. Cindy and her Dan used to live here. It belongs to the corporation. They told me I could paint it any color I wanted, but honestly,...

3 years ago
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Community Three SigmaChapter 12

Dana’s turn: I’m lying in bed in that wonderful cusp between awake and asleep at the end of a very good day. Cindy’s done her presentation at NASA, and to my knowledge, they haven’t yet recruited her for a space mission. Nikki’s been, well, Nikki, and she’s a superstar in her own right, maybe a little more sane than Cindy, but those two are a binary system, both bright in a way I never witnessed until I found her sitting across the table from me and Ed one night at dinner. And...

3 years ago
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Community Three SigmaChapter 20

Nikki’s turn: I managed the stress of Mom’s interaction in my life quite well, I thought, right until Mizz Donna met me at the plane and hugged me. Then the floodgates opened. “What was I supposed to do, Mizz Donna?” I sobbed. Poor Dan. He’s standing behind me, wanting to do SOMETHING. “Darlin’,” she said comfortingly, “You did the right thing. World’s full of assholes. I used to be one, so I know...” I heaved a wordless sob. Mizz Donna was hugging me, Dan’s hand was touching my...

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Community Three SigmaChapter 21

Kara’s turn: The world NEEDS a pregnant fiddle player. That’s what I told Dear Old Dad when I broke the news to him. “Dad,” I said, “I have a wonderful, successful husband and it is only right that we present you with grandchildren.” I heard a definite sigh over the phone. My dad. I’m trying really hard to conjure (one of Johanna’s words) a vision of business-suited Dad bouncing a grandbaby on his knee. “You make me regret that I didn’t make myself a bigger part of your life, Kara...

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Community Three SigmaChapter 27

Nikki’s turn: We’re still talking about new toys, right? Cindy was PIC for the flight back from Colorado with the new plane. Fair enough. After all, Cindy IS ‘Cindy of the Skies‘. When we landed, though, we had the entire community standing there waiting on the arrival. It’s a big deal. Cindy exited first. Me? I stood in the door, my butt still inside indescribable luxury and newness, and said, “Okay, who wants a ride?” We have seating for eight – one of their ‘executive’ options – plus...

3 years ago
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Community Three SigmaChapter 30

Cindy’s turn: Tina started this volume. I get to finish it. Christmas season. Or Chanukkah, because we have a sizable Jewish contingent now. It’s been quite a good year in a million ways. Okay, SEVERAL million ways, financially speaking. 3Sigma’s original business, engineering, is now engineering and construction, and we regularly berate ourselves because we’re bursting the seams on our SECOND building since the company started. Millions going into various accounts, and some of the happiest...

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