Mama's Family1983

Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper:
[reading the note from Lolly's grandson] Dear Meemaw, Fort Worth is okay, I start second grade. We have ants in the sink. Say hi to Boompa. Hugs and kisses, Bobby. P.S., please write back.'

Lolly Purdue:
I'll have Boompa write a note to him in the morning.

Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper:
Well the hell you will, he doesn't want a note from Boompa, he wants to hear from Meemaw.

Lolly Purdue:
But I can't!

Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper:
Listen, if you're smart enough to fake it for all these years, you're smart enough to read and write.

Lolly Purdue:
You really think so?

Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper:
Why sure! Where's that magazine? I had it sitting here. Ladies Circle, got Barbara Bush on the cover, here it is, don't you just love her hair?

Lolly Purdue:
Yes, I'm going to keep my natural when it goes gray.

Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper:
Yeah, me too. Well anyway she's got a whole article in here where she talks about how you can teach grownups to read and write. Here it is, it's called Operation Literacy and she explains how you can set up a program in your school or your church. Why don't you just take it home and... never mind, I'll tell you all about it.