never had she seen such wide-eyed wonder on the faces of two kids.-in fact , she had never had many dealings with children at all.-almost all of her adult life had been spent in adult company , first in the army and then with the woman who seemed almost like a mother to her and who was the mother of the only man she had ever loved.-only now she was beginning to realize some of what she had missed.-but maybe with these kids she could make some of it up to herself .