Never Say Never Jacqueline Kelley The morning air was sweet from the blooming flowers of spring. And thunder rumbled gently through the sky preparing for the rain that was for sure to pour. At 8:30 p.m. it was pronounced that my mama had left this world. She was gone, and no more would I smell her scent or hear her voice, even feel her touch. The doctors told my daddy that there was nothing that they could do for her. The cancer had won the battle that my mama fought for eight years, eight years man. It killed my daddy that day too. No words came out his mouth to tell me what had happened, there was only gentle touches around my body, and I knew then that my mama was gone. We held on to each other tight knowing that in our hearts we would never let each other go, never. Two years have passed since my mama went away, and my daddy still has not spoken a word about her departing. I mean he would give a smile or smirk, even holler at the T.V every once in a while when the Bengals would lose not just one or two games, but... well let's just say several games. So I guess he really wasn't that quiet. Summer was approaching with this intense heat wave, and it was just too hot to move. So, I sat in my room by the fan I waited on my granddad ML to call ‘cause he said he would be takin me on vacation since school was out. I was excited. But these Butterflies cramped my stomach. This was only ‘cause I really didn't wanna leave my daddy. It seemed I was the only real thing that kept him at peace with my mama leaving us and all. "Kate!" my daddy called with his deep subtle voice from the kitchen. "What!" I yelled "Come’er I need to talk to you."
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