Seems like nothing’s getting safer or better,” I said. “Seems like everything’s getting worse.” “Maybe that’s what’s gotta happen,” Willa Mae said. “Maybe everything’s gotta break lose and fall apart before we can put it...

Don’t be scared,” Willa Mae said.I looked at her. “Aren’t you scared?”Willa Mae looked at me and said, “Shoot. Only thing I’m afraid of is that I’m going to do something I’ll regret.””Being scared is...

Why did you marry Dad, Mom?” My mother sniffled through her nose, looked at me, then smiled. “I wanted something more and he was it. We both had big dreams.” “That must have taken a...

She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew this before she did.

When you’re and only child in a family with an only parent, you look at other, bigger families with envy. Mary Alice had a family with a station wagon, a split-level house, and a pool....

We stayed all day long. We closed our eyes and paryed, which we had not doen together in a long time. The nurse came in and out of the room. Everything felt awful and I...

Sit on the truth too long and you mash the life right out of it.