Chapter 6I sat down and made a list of things I wanted to buy and causes I wanted to fund. My first priority was to get more land to let my animals roam. I wanted to find a nice spread for Beau’s relatives to come live with him, in fact I thought I could now take more than just ten buffaloes.
I’d put Tony through college and send some to the Manatee Society. Maybe I’d even go down there and see what they needed. I’d also leave enough to fund the Food Bank for many, many years. Darlene said that with all my eggs, I could fund them for over a hundred years and barely touch my interest.
And so, later that week, we sat down with her friend Alexandra.
“Well, Joan,” Lexie said as we shook hands, “Darlene has told me you got a real windfall this week.”
“It feels more like a tornado fall. I do
