Since Geneva's death, Saranell had been storing her anguish inside, until she finally burst. Renny was there to comfort her with words, along with an arm around her shoulders. "'You lucky to know your mama be all right now. You know how she go away and where she at. But some ain't never sure, and that keep the whole thing sore open" (Carr 155). Saranell finally had the relief of her mother's physical absence rather than emotional absence. Although it was a sorrowful occasion, she could finally let go and be comforted that her mom is okay now. In the article Legal Isssues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice, by Martha Erickson and Byron Egeland, it states, "Although the bruises and scars of physical abuse are more readily apparent, the quiet assault of child neglect often does at least as much damage to its young victims" (Egeland, Erickson). Saranell could have been abused physically, but instead she's abused emotionally, by parental abandonment. Since the neglect of Saranell had such a deep impact on her life, the death of her mother was almost a
Since Geneva's death, Saranell had been storing her anguish inside, until she finally burst. Renny was there to comfort her with words, along with an arm around her shoulders. "'You lucky to know your mama be all right now. You know how she go away and where she at. But some ain't never sure, and that keep the whole thing sore open" (Carr 155). Saranell finally had the relief of her mother's physical absence rather than emotional absence. Although it was a sorrowful occasion, she could finally let go and be comforted that her mom is okay now. In the article Legal Isssues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice, by Martha Erickson and Byron Egeland, it states, "Although the bruises and scars of physical abuse are more readily apparent, the quiet assault of child neglect often does at least as much damage to its young victims" (Egeland, Erickson). Saranell could have been abused physically, but instead she's abused emotionally, by parental abandonment. Since the neglect of Saranell had such a deep impact on her life, the death of her mother was almost a