Chapter 23: Sara's Progress
During our latest absence from the Sutherland, as on our previous trips, Diane and I had kept in regular touch via emails and other means. We wanted to keep up on events in our watery 'hometown' including ideas for making the ship even more of a home and workplace for us Mers, as well as such subjects as plans by some to enroll in college, and the latest pregnancy and marraige news. We would also exchange a fair number of photos, some humorous, others decidedly more serious. There were photos of Hannah and some of the other expecting mermaids rubbing their bulging bellies, various Mers posing on the bridge as i