DORIS After the excitement of Mia's birthday party and a picnic afterward when Mia was so enthusiastic about adopting a new baby, I spent the entire next week at my apartment, basically avoiding both Arthur and Mia. Yes, it was a chicken scaredy-cat move. But I wanted some time to myself. I needed some time to adjust and to think. I hadn't spent much time with Noah, and it gave me time to catch up more. Of course, I updated him on everything with Cathy, Arthur, and Mia and the new situation. Noah was ecstatic; the idea that he was already a grandfather, and now would be a grandfather twice tickled him pink. I understood that. It must be amazing to wake up out of a coma and then many things are different with your daughter. Noah decided he wanted to go back to school to be an emerg

