Well, she was telling Dorothy about it and Dorothy said, "If you don't mind telling me just what advice were you seeking?" And Margo told her the story of how her thirty-four year old son was still living at home and she was cooking, cleaning, answering his phone calls, and doing his laundry while he played computer games and watched videos all day. She said she was tired of it and didn't know what to do. Dorothy said, "Margo, you do know what to do. You're just not ready to do it. Or are you?"
This morning I saw a moving van parked in front of the Blemp house. Several boxes were sitting on the front lawn and on top of one of the boxes was a teddy bear. I reckon that boy is about to get his first dose of growing up.
Tales of Harper, short stories and poems
about the fictional town of Harper, Mississippi is available on Amazon Kindle
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