Once," Balinda begins softly, "when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there in front of us. I watched as the nurse touched his face and reassured him and I could not believe they were being so nice to him.""What happened?" Jill asked."My mother rose up, took my arm, gripped it as if she was a weight lifter and said, 'he was a beautiful baby once and his mother loved him'.


Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral (ed. Bantam, 2006) - ISBN: 9780553902327

Kris Radish Quotes

Once, Balinda begins softly, when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there...

Once, Balinda begins softly, when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there...

Once, Balinda begins softly, when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there...

Once, Balinda begins softly, when I was in the emergency room with my mother they brought in a murderer who had been shot and was dying, right there...