Chapter 9That night, drifting off to the soft sounds of Frank's breathing, Janet Thompson sighed, that lethargic bliss after deep, satisfying s*x with the man she loved spreading through her body. Everything in place, all her cares addressed, her family safe, her man happy, Janet said a blessing under her breath, thanking the spirit for all that was well and wonderful, and for all that wasn't, for she knew that facing challenges would take her to her next point of growth. For even though all systems sought homeostasis, they also experienced continual growth and continual decay, and because of that, homeostasis might be achieved but it was always transitory, always brief, and in that imbalance, the pressures themselves were homeostatic with the degree of imbalance. And whatever the anoma