Excerpt: The Belly of the Great Whale

The irony is, during the time, I can honestly say our team worked together fantastically. We had to come together and we did. We made it palatable for each other. We laughed and joked about dedicating days of the week to use our powers for good or evil (Week 1: Good – Monday, Wednesday, Friday; Evil – Tuesday, Thursday. Week 2: Good – Tuesday, Thursday; Evil – Monday, Wednesday, Friday.) We had a “That was Easy” button that we slam victoriously after we dealt with a difficult duck. We cried together on days when it got to be overwhelming, because that was the best we could do some days. From our vantage point as a service area, we saw things. When things got tough, I used to say, “We need to keep our eye on our own ball and let whatever happens outside of our area happen.”