The half marathon went really well. We all finished better than we thought we would and were exhausted. Mom and Barb met a couple of ladies who were running at the same pace so they just formed a small group and talked away the miles. I kept focusing on people ahead of me and tried to catch them. I had my IPod playing upbeat music and despite not getting a complete eight hours sleep, I actually beat my predicted time by t...

My Aunt Barb isn't really my aunt she just feels like one. She and my mom were sorority sisters back in college. They've been friends ever since, which seems like forever. My name is Katherine but to Barb it was kitten until I turned sixteen, then it became Kat. I'm now twenty five years old with a Master's in Education. My mom is fifty and I think Barb is more like forty eight although she could pass for forty. She's nev...

A couple of months later my mom, Barb and I were scheduled to run our first half marathon. We'd been training up from our usual 10k runs and felt confident we could complete it. I was burning up the runs with a pace of 8:30 minutes per mile while mom and Barb were getting it done at about 10:00 minutes per mile. The race was on a Sunday in downtown Portland. Barb insisted we stay the night at her place and walk to the sta...

When Barb moved to Portland I had no idea my life would undergo such a dramatic change. Looking back, I saw myself living a routine existence, getting married, having children, working until I was sixty-five and then retiring. I realize now that I would not have been living my life to its full potential. When I began making love to Ping it was more than sex. I know it might sound odd but it wasn't just sex to me. It becam...