Journal Prompt: How can you try to help someone who doesn't want help?
Summary:
Jeannette has moved to New York on her own. She is in a private college at this point. One morning, she had heard on the radio that there was a traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike. She heard that a van had broken down, causing a large traffic jam.
Later, Jeanette gets a phone call. It is from her mother. Her mother tells Jeannette news about how she and Jeanette’s father are moving to New York. Jeannette asks her mother about the van, to which her mother confirms that, yes, the van was her parents. When Jeannette tells her about how it was all over the radio, her mother is not embarrassed or worried about it at all, but rather excited, saying “We only just got here, and now we’re famous!”
When Jeanette asks why they’re here they respond saying that hey wanted to become a family again.
Months go by and Jeannette’s parents move from neighborhood to neighborhood in the area, each time getting kicked out because of something Jeannette’s father did. They lived in Lori and Maureen’s apartment for a while and Brian’s. But eventually, they were kicked out for good after they broke everyone’s temper so much.
Once or twice a month then, the “family” would meet up at Lori’s apartment. Jeanette’s parents would describe how they made it on their own in New York City. Her mother describes it as “an adventure.” When winter comes, it is freezing, and they definitely do have it hard out on the streets. But yet, her parents still don’t budge and prefer to live out on the cold streets alone. Jeanette and her siblings suggest that her mother sell many of the valuable items they have, like the diamond ring from a long time ago. But her mother is not convinced.
Jeannette in her normal life is inquired many times about homeless people. But never does she ever tell anyone about the truth of her parents- the poor lives they lead.
When winter ends, Jeannette’s are still in New York. But her father comes up with tuberculosis. He is hospitalized. Jeannette visits him from time to time. But it is clear that his health is slowly decreasing, and he is positive that the tuberculosis will kill him.
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