Thank you, Brianna. I enjoyed that on about 3 different levels of meaning. I really appreciate people who have the ability to communicate the subtle truth beneath the obvious one, and the story told between the lines is the most fascinating story of all. I suspect you just may become a very good teacher of literature. I probably would have been on the wait list for your classes had you been one of my high school or college teachers.
You and I have so very much in common. What say we make a truce? Outside the occasional nuclear war, of course!