The book of Bright Ideas (2006)
““Two girls to keep an eye on while she’s flat on her back? I don’t know about this, Reece,” Ma said that morning.
“We’ll be okay, Ma,” I said. “Me and Winnalee are going to be her nurses and take care of her.”
“They’ll be fine, Jewel,” Daddy said, so Ma ran me over to Aunt Verdella’s like any other morning. Winnalee was waiting for me in the driveway. She was wearing an old lavender dress of Aunt Verdella’s and an apron tied around her tight, to hold it up and in. She had bobby pins holding bac...k the sides of her hair. “I got my dancing dress underneath,” she told me. “You bring yours?”
“Yep, right here,” I told her, holding out my arm so she could see the bag I carried. Me and Winnalee had worn our dancing costumes practically every day since Aunt Verdella had made them.
“Good. Then we’ll put on a dance for Aunt Verdella later.”
We all went inside, and Ma put the sandwiches and stuff she brought in the refrigerator, then we all went into the living room, where Aunt Verdella was stretched out on the couch, her curls matted, and her face all pinched up.MoreLess
“We’ll be okay, Ma,” I said. “Me and Winnalee are going to be her nurses and take care of her.”
“They’ll be fine, Jewel,” Daddy said, so Ma ran me over to Aunt Verdella’s like any other morning. Winnalee was waiting for me in the driveway. She was wearing an old lavender dress of Aunt Verdella’s and an apron tied around her tight, to hold it up and in. She had bobby pins holding bac...k the sides of her hair. “I got my dancing dress underneath,” she told me. “You bring yours?”
“Yep, right here,” I told her, holding out my arm so she could see the bag I carried. Me and Winnalee had worn our dancing costumes practically every day since Aunt Verdella had made them.
“Good. Then we’ll put on a dance for Aunt Verdella later.”
We all went inside, and Ma put the sandwiches and stuff she brought in the refrigerator, then we all went into the living room, where Aunt Verdella was stretched out on the couch, her curls matted, and her face all pinched up.MoreLess
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