You are twelve years old..and your mama has died. The person,..who once loved you and dried you tears and held you in her arms in such a loving way that you forgot all pain whatsoever, has been reduced to a memory.

SORRY!! I gotta rant!!!!:

I have seen a bouncing laughing auburn haired Boy become a silent pinch lipped shadow of himself. In his mom's old oak rocker,..he just sits and holds that damned Bitsie,..the faithful guard cat..who chews up EMS techs,.. in his arms and glares out at at the new one parent existence that he must now face.
Now,..here for all of the lovers of pain in this world..here would be a veritable feast!! A child,..who cannot cry because his mom has died!! Oh,..I forgot..let's just solve the problem by saying that he should have never been born!

Forget about the fact that this tearless child,..old beyond his years,..is the only comfort and companion that his father..that man..who took care of Annie for the past five years and loved her and sacrificed for her in an effort to keep her alive,..now has.

Of course,..in some folks' eyes..the worth of..such..a man does not count until they have seen his bank account..first, and he certainly does not deserve..such a son. In our society,...one MUST put one's own needs first..and this fool put the needs of someone else,..his dying wife,.. before his own.

God help that excuse for a human being of a neighbor lady..who said to Ralph and the Boy,.."She would have been better off in a nursing home and less trouble for you.

What are you going to do with her..set of bone china?? You should sell it to help pay your bills.

You are saving it for your son? The two of you should have never had a child,...twelve years ago after you first found out that she had the Multiple Sclerosis!!

Boys don't appreciate nice things like bone china!!...Blah! Blaaah! Blaaah!"

"HEEEEEEERE KITTY,..KITTY,..KITTY!" SAYS I.

I hope Bitsie,..the faithful guard cat,..bits the bitch in the ass!!!!