Goodnight and Stories

She's an old lady 86 years old. When she was a new bride in her early 20's, she was left with her toddlers and infants by her husband. She never did see him again. Undaunted, she brought up her family singlehandedly, never remarrying. She knew where her dog of a husband was, but she refused to have anything to do with him again. In her aging years, she got senile and perpetually hungry. All this in the care of loving children and grandchildren.

So when she died yesterday, it had to be after dinner. It had to be when her children were in Malaysia. It had to be a month after her own husband died. It had to be anti-climactic, just when everyone least expected it. Now, thats a woman. Goodnight.


soon, she too will go up in flames.