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“Aunt Dana, could you go tell my mom it’s our turn?” “Sure Beth.” Dana smiled to herself whenever either of the kids addressed her as ‘Aunt Dana’. To be respectful, they’d been doing it since she moved in with Mel and Kris, but it made her feel like she was already a part of the family. Dana hobbled to the other end of the steer barn where Kris was conferring with the kids 4H advisor. “I’m sorry to interrupt you two but Beth wanted you to know that it’s their turn in the wash basin.” “Oops, gotta run Gene! We have to get those boys looking pretty for show.” Kris scurried away to help her kids. Dana smiled at the advisor, half shrugged then turned and headed back the same way Kris had just gone. She marveled at the chaos of the barn as kids, parents and advisors prepared show animals in