Reading Blog #4

"She could almost hear her mother's voice: I can't even look at you right now." (Shepard 274). Everyone has done something that has made their parents feel ashamed of their kid. For example, Spencer stole her sister's AP Economics essay, just to keep up with her outstanding 4.0 average. When "A" somehow secretly revealed her secret to Spencer's sister Melissa, she went crazy. Her mother acted as if she had disowned Spencer and her whole family ignored her. Even though these things happen, your parents eventually forgive you because your bond as family members are stronger than any trouble along the road to come. Of course there is the grief and guilt of what you did or how you spoke to your mother, but in the end everything is okay. In the heat of the moment, every person gets tense and has anger bottled up, but once a person can calm down, things usually work out.