But these days, I reckon no one feels like laughing, not even Delilah. So I’ma try to make folks happy myself. Today being Friday, Mrs. Tate takes Ralphie to visit his grandmama in Bramble. I’ve got the afternoon off. And I’ve got it in my head to bake something special for Mama.I stand in our kitchen, measure the flour, and think about her. What I love about Mama is she never gives up trying to make our little house a home. She sewed yellow pillows to brighten the living room, and since she couldn’t spare money to buy real doors for the bedrooms, she embroidered old sheets with suns and stars and hung them from the door frames. Then she strung fishing line from one end of our bedroom to the other so Elias and me could have a closet for hanging up our church clothes. And if that wasn’t enough to turn our house into a palace, she also stuffed ticking with corn shucks so each of us could have our very own mattress.When Mama isn’t cooking, cleaning, and sewing for the Tate family, she’s cooking, cleaning, and sewing for us.
What do You think about A Thousand Never Evers (2008)?
