The park walkers passed by, one then the other in opposite directions, about a minute apart. I watched them on my walk home from where I worked, delivering babies like it's lambing season. A bunch of emails filled the air as I replied to banquet requests back and forth, never seeming to make her satisfied. I would pay someone in chocolate, soup, and bread, whatever it takes to finish this stage of preparing the details for the party. Cookies too. I am dead serious. Any takers?