““mind and meet them?” Pat shook his head. “No, but I talked to Mom yesterday. I still can’t believe my little sister is seventeen already.” “Neither can I, but I can’t believe you’ll be twenty-nine in a few more months, either. It doesn’t seem like so long ago that your father was more excited about your birth than graduating from college.” Mary smiled fondly and patted his hand. “Are you calling me old, Mary?” She laughed. “Indeed not. You’re just a pup. I’m””
