to the ship Mattie’s; I will take care of this here hooligan.” “Get she turned around a stick landed straight in her eye. The stick was lodged in deep. When she got “When to the hospital they could barely save her vision. She is now blind in one eye. you serious? She told me that she was actually blind in one eye,” said Aaron. “Are boy who did it felt horrible but your mom was such a forgiving person that she didn’t blame him,” “The Beverly reassured. she always so nice?” Aaron asked. “Was she hated doing chores and she could get mean if you asked her to do any. Everyone is human but “No, it’s the good that out weighs the bad,” Beverly replied. I’ve heard that before but I always thought it was just adults trying to make me throw up,” said “Yeah, Aaron. Beverly laughed to herself. yeah. There was another time that your mom made an effort to be nice to someone,” Beverly “Oh, continued. this time it did not involve a stranger. I was just 13; Rhonda was sixteen; Tressa was out of the “Except house; and our brother Randy was eight years old.” Aaron looked puzzled. you remember your mom telling you about Randy?” she asked. “Don’t but she really never talks about him or what really happened,” he stated. “Yes, all happened so fast. I was taunting Randy with my new squirt gun. I kept squirting him. This made “It him beg to have mine but I told him to get his own. I knew he had enough money so I just figured he could buy it at the little store down the road. Randy got on his bike because of me that day,” Beverly mournfully remembered. Beverly what happened?” prodded. “Aunt mom walked up to me on that afternoon and just held me as tears ran down her face,” she “Your said. told me that he had been hit by a drunk driver on the way back from the store.” Aaron was “She stunned. was my fault that he went in the first place,” Beverly wept. kept repeating over and over again “It “She that everything was going to be alright. If it wasn’t for your mom I probably could not have made it,” Beverly quietly said. just wanted to die.” “I
“Get to the ship Mattie’s; I will take care of this here hooligan.” “When she turned around a stick landed straight in her eye. The stick was lodged in deep. When she got to the hospital they could barely save her vision. She is now blind in one eye. “Are you serious? She told me that she was actually blind in one eye,” said Aaron. “The boy who did it felt horrible but your mom was such a forgiving person that she didn’t blame him,” Beverly reassured. “Was she always so nice?” Aaron asked. “No, she hated doing chores and she could get mean if you asked her to do any. Everyone is human but it’s the good that out weighs the bad,” Beverly replied. “Yeah, I’ve heard that before but I always thought it was just adults trying to make me throw up,” said Aaron. Beverly laughed to herself. “Oh, yeah. There was another time that your mom made an effort to be nice to someone,” Beverly continued. “Except this time it did not involve a stranger. I was just 13; Rhonda was sixteen; Tressa was out of the house; and our brother Randy was eight years old.” Aaron looked puzzled. “Don’t you remember your mom telling you about Randy?” she asked. “Yes, but she really never talks about him or what really happened,” he stated. “It all happened so fast. I was taunting Randy with my new squirt gun. I kept squirting him. This made him beg to have mine but I told him to get his own. I knew he had enough money so I just figured he could buy it at the little store down the road. Randy got on his bike because of me that day,” Beverly mournfully remembered. “Aunt Beverly what happened?” prodded. “Your mom walked up to me on that afternoon and just held me as tears ran down her face,” she said. “She told me that he had been hit by a drunk driver on the way back from the store.” Aaron was stunned. “It was my fault that he went in the first place,” Beverly wept. “She kept repeating over and over again that everything was going to be alright. If it wasn’t for your mom I probably could not have made it,” Beverly quietly said. “I just wanted to die.”