“Mother always said she was a size 7 woman she kept wrapped in fat to prevent bruising.”
“Betsy liked to talk. Her father always said she got it from her mother, and her mother always said she got it from her father. But whomever she got it from she was certainly a talker.”
“It wasn't torpor that kept her - she was often restless to the point of irritability. She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed.”
“I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.”
“Life lesson 1, never tell a woman she's fat.”
“Cindy moved her arm as she spoke so her mother would not stare at the bruise.”