Status Updates From The Price of Things: Storie...

"He's not nice to you. Before, when you talked about him, I thought he was just scared. But now I don't think it matters if he's scared or not because he's mean."

"I understand why you think that, Daniel, but he's just having a bad day. We all have bad days sometimes," she said.

"I have a bad day every day. Bad days don't make me mean," he resisted. He stared down at his lap.

Ruthie never could justify taking something that would give her advantage or bring her joy at the expense of someone else, and she worried this kind of thinking would keep her right where she was, always looking forward to 'one day.'