Christine: "Come here baby girl." She sits down on her bed and I sit next her and she pulls me into a hug. "Aiden is excited too. He was just out late last night helping Kyla. He’ll be up by ten. You just have to be patient and not bother him for the next three hours. Okay sweetie?" She kisses my forehead and I nod.

Ashley: "Okay mommy, but what about him knocking me down and throwing a pillow at me?"

Christine: "Ash don’t you think you kind of deserved it." I just nod knowing I have nothing. "I will talk to him about it though and make sure he apologizes." I just smile at my small victory. "Okay I have to get to work. Carl is going to be back from the hospital in a couple of minutes. He worked the night shift last night. So try and be quiet when you guys head out so he can sleep." My mom is does lots of charity work to fill her time. It an important job to her and she loves doing it.

Ashley: "Yes mom. Does he like his new shrink job at the hospital?" I ask as I follow her to the door.

Christine: "Very much so. He feels like he’s really helping people there. More than he did when he had a 9-5 job in his personal office."

Ashley: "Good I’m glad he seems happier too." Carl has always wanted to work at the hospital and counsil the doctors and nurses, some of the stuff they see is intense and it helps to talk about it. He couldn’t afford to do it because he had so many loans and they don’t pay as much as his private practice does. When my mom and him got married my mom told him to quit his job. He said no, he still wanted to work. She said that she remembered that he wanted to work at the hospital so go work there. He agreed to it and my mom paid his student loans from college.

Christine: "He is. I’m happy he’s so happy with it." She smiles. "Okay chic-a-dee I have to go, I love you, be good, and be nicer to your brother." She kisses my cheek and makes her way to her car.