I remember one time when we came home from Arkansas. The boys didn't go with us to grandma's house. I thought momma was going to string them up on the wall after we got home from our short run! Mom's new lamp was broken! She ranted and raved for hours as they denied knowing anything about what could have caused such a thing in her absense. About the time she figured that maybe it really was just an honest mistake (not many honest mistakes out of them in those days! Haha) the empty BEER can came rolling out from under the sofa!! I wasn't too sure at the time what all that was but from the sounds coming from my momma I figured it wouldn't be a good time to show your face around there if you were her son, a friend of her sons, or even a mere aquaintance of the two! It was proof that sometimes you really do need to just lie and say "never knew him!" hhaha They didn't stay home alone like that for a very long time. --paula jean
