Only one more week til spring break!! I can't wait to get to the beach.
For One More Day By Mitch Albom Pages 64-78
This section starts out with Chick explaining the struggles for his family after the divorce. Divorce wasn't common back then and his mom was very pretty. So all her female friends suddenly turned against her because the were scared she would steal their husbands. Somehow she stayed strong though. Then, once again, it flashes to present time and they're walking down a path. They get to a tree and she shows him where she once carved something, too. She carved, "PLEASE" as a prayer for Chick.
"Times I Did Not Stand Up for My Mother": As a child, we all believed in Santa Clause. The first Christmas after Chick's dad left them, Roberta was asking about Santa. She wanted to stay up and catch him leaving the presents. Roberta and Chick were sitting on the steps when Chick flips on his flash light and reveals someone dressed in a Santa suit. His mom tried to play it off, joyfully chanting, "Ho Ho Ho!" but Chick blew her cover and said, "It's just Mom." After that, Roberta started crying and his mom slumped off.
That must have been really hard for Chick's family to go through something like this, but it was so much worse because Chick did everything he possibly could to make it difficult for his mom. Instead of being her helper, he was making every little task, even the happy ones that would have brought joy to Roberta, challenging. I've never gone through something like this, and maybe it was his way of dealing with his emotions, but still he should have been his mom's support.
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