Lying there Ma said, "You all listen now, this is a real lesson in life. Yes, we got stuck, but what‘d we girls do? We made it fun, we laughed.
That‘s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ‘specially in mud.‘"
Ma hadn‘t bought any polish remover, so when it began to peel and chip, they had faded, patchy pink nails on all their fingers and toes,
reminding them of the good time they‘d had, and that real-life lesson.
Looking at the old bottle, Kya tried to see her sisters‘ faces. And said out loud, "Where‘re you now, Ma? Why didn‘t you stick?"
- P96