... dream is fulfilled." To go to Africa, Mama- be a doctor in Africa"(150). Momma Younger has perhaps the largest and most un-selfish dream of all the family. In a way it was also the most simplistic of all of the dreams. All Momma wanted was a nice house, in a nice neighborhood, with a little garden in the backyard where her family could all live together happily. " Been thinking we could meet ... loved her family, and she wanted the best for them. That's why she gave them all a little bit of the money. Momma's dream was also a kind of a tie in of everyone else's, and because of that, and...

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... I will tell you about a dream I had a long time ago. But will kindly request that this information be kept private thank you. The dream I will tell you about is kind of a ghost story but kind of not a ghost story. I will begin by telling you about my dream. But first I will tell you about what I did right before ... for a while so I would not be lonely. See when she died I felt like I had lost the only person that I could talk to when I was scared or sad about something. My great, great grandma took me to a garden full of red roses because she would always have me go and get her some re...

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... five sisters, Eunice, Simpy, Lois, Bernice and Helen, wake to another hot blistery Texas summer morning. The fresh aroma of Mama's homemade biscuits causes us to leap up from our beds and race down the dark hardwood stairs that creak with each step we take. The creak in the stairs reminds me of the labor of love my daddy exerted when he built this ominous two-story house with ... singing a beautiful medley awaiting our arrival to the creek. Another chore, which was performed daily, was gathering the smooth, warm, brown hen eggs without disturbing the hens. Boy, those mother hens sure co...

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