Sam met Hanna at the door, “Well . . . are you and dad getting back together?”
Hanna cupped Sam’s chin in her hand and shook her head, “No, Sam, we are not getting back together. But I have made a decision so go get your sisters.”
Sam gathered his sisters into the living room. Hanna began, “I want all of you to have a seat.”
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Seed of rebellion is finally blooming.
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Millie complained, “I hope this doesn’t take long, I’ve got things to do.”
“Sit down,” Hanna ordered. “I’ve talked this over with your father, and we’ve decided a move to Texas would be best for every . . .”
“WHAT!” Millie screamed at Hanna, “I AM NOT MOVING TO TEXAS! I’ve got my own plans and they don’t include moving to TEXAS!”
Millie let out a floodgate of tears as Hanna continued, …show more content…
Pete, not much better at choosing a car than Molly, purchased a car with a defective transmission that could go no faster than 35 miles per hour. Cars sped past, honking their horns, yelling at Pete to get out of the way. Keeping his cool, Pete delivered Kate, Millie, Susan, Sam, and Beth safely to their grandparents.
Christmas came early that year as they ate the traditional ham dinner with all the trimmings. Slipping Millie cards with money for Hanna, all the relatives, but in particular, Uncle Stan and Tilly, wished them well and to be sure to let her mother know everything would be okay. Now where had Millie heard those words before? Oh yes, that’s what they were told when Mr. Snippin threw them out of their house and also when they were told their mother had cancer.
Millie was ready to explode. She’d heard those words so many times over her sixteen years she wanted to slap someone. She wondered how people had the audacity say those words to someone in crisis. Her grandparents and aunts and uncles had never been evicted or humiliated as neighbors watched their belongings thrown out the window; they never went through cancer; they never went through divorce; they never ran out of food; they all had jobs; and they didn’t have to move across the entire United States, leaving a sister behind. How they had the nerve to utter those words was beyond Millie’s
Hanna cupped Sam’s chin in her hand and shook her head, “No, Sam, we are not getting back together. But I have made a decision so go get your sisters.”
Sam gathered his sisters into the living room. Hanna began, “I want all of you to have a seat.”
~
Seed of rebellion is finally blooming.
~
Millie complained, “I hope this doesn’t take long, I’ve got things to do.”
“Sit down,” Hanna ordered. “I’ve talked this over with your father, and we’ve decided a move to Texas would be best for every . . .”
“WHAT!” Millie screamed at Hanna, “I AM NOT MOVING TO TEXAS! I’ve got my own plans and they don’t include moving to TEXAS!”
Millie let out a floodgate of tears as Hanna continued, …show more content…
Pete, not much better at choosing a car than Molly, purchased a car with a defective transmission that could go no faster than 35 miles per hour. Cars sped past, honking their horns, yelling at Pete to get out of the way. Keeping his cool, Pete delivered Kate, Millie, Susan, Sam, and Beth safely to their grandparents.
Christmas came early that year as they ate the traditional ham dinner with all the trimmings. Slipping Millie cards with money for Hanna, all the relatives, but in particular, Uncle Stan and Tilly, wished them well and to be sure to let her mother know everything would be okay. Now where had Millie heard those words before? Oh yes, that’s what they were told when Mr. Snippin threw them out of their house and also when they were told their mother had cancer.
Millie was ready to explode. She’d heard those words so many times over her sixteen years she wanted to slap someone. She wondered how people had the audacity say those words to someone in crisis. Her grandparents and aunts and uncles had never been evicted or humiliated as neighbors watched their belongings thrown out the window; they never went through cancer; they never went through divorce; they never ran out of food; they all had jobs; and they didn’t have to move across the entire United States, leaving a sister behind. How they had the nerve to utter those words was beyond Millie’s