I'd Pretty Much Given Up Hope Of

People Might Think Writing Is A Hard Business, But It's Nowhere Near Acting.

It's Special, Grandparents And Grandchldren. So Much Simpler. Is It Always So, I Wonder? I Think Perhaps It Is. While One's Child Takes A Part Of One's Heart To Use And Misuse As They Please, A Grandchild Is Different. Gone Are The Bonds Of Guilt And Responsibility That Burden The Maternal Relationship. The Way To Love Is Free.

Cassandra's Grandmother Smiled Then, Only It Wasn't A Happy Smile. Cassandra Thought She Knew How It Felt To Smile Like That. She Often Did So Herself When Her Mother Promised Her Something She Really Wanted But Knew Might Not Happen.

It's A Terrible Thing, Isn't It, The Way We Throw People Away?

... For Home Is A Magnet That Lures Back Even Its Most Abstracted Children.