The Families – Thursday, April 28th She was late again, the second time this week, definitely not normal for Katherine. Her habits of continuity and reliability were shattering before her eyes, but she couldn’t seem to take hold of the problem, let alone change it. Her normally organized life was unraveling without as much as a hint for the cause of it. The animals were acting strangely as well, although they weren’t forgetting appointments or losing their car keys. Ginger, the normally docile collie, hadn’t eaten in two days that Katherine was aware of. She made a mental note to check on Rusty, the cocker spaniel who never deviated from her ordered life. And the cat – when had she last seen the cat? She couldn’t remember. Thursday was Katherine’s regularly scheduled day as a docent at