Eek, I won? With all those other amazing stories? Thank you @carolkean. I am honored (and a bit worried I may have used up all my “winningness”). I hope my friends, the fine folks at the Fiction Workshop, can feel the appreciation I am beaming in their direction. This story needed some serious polishing and it would not exist without them. Also, for anyone who has not read the other entries, please do. Wonderful stories await you. Finally, my thanks and appreciation to Carol for running another amazing contest, even though our various family members now believe something fishy is going on. ;-)