It can happen to everyone

This was a really interesting short story, and I am not sure how I feel about it. It was really weird how the story was all about the adventure on the bus and the people she and Juilian interacted with. The plot was mainly just on the bus and in the streets when they were on the way to the Y. But I think what really touched my heart is at the end O'Conner writes something along these lines.

No I am going home. Tell Grandpa to come get me. Tell Carolina to come get me.

Even through we the readers had no knowledge of knowing that these people had already passed, it was seen between the lines that she was talking about going home to heaven.

I have never experienced someone telling me that it was their time to go by wanting someone to come get them. But I can imagine that it would not feel good to your heart. Something happened and she knew that she was about to die, so she let it all out. And all she wanted to do was give the little boy a penny, but instead she was rejected and then thrown down. This may not have been a big deal if she had been in good stands with her health, but since she was sick and dying everything made her feel like she was being degraded.

Julian had to deal with his mother not being healthy and then having her drop to the ground dead and him not able to do anything about it. It would be very intense and not something that I would want to experience because I am not sure that I would be able to handle myself. This story really does not interest me and I am not sure how to blog about it, because it does not jump out at me or grab my attention. It is almost something along the lines of a creepy story because she is alright and on the bus and then drops dead.