the fool

this is alice. i haven't posted for a long time. gets too rough for me. but i do want to comment on frank's treatment. jack and frank are good christians. i'm not that good; i can't forgive his father. his father was disappointed with frank's older brother, so he thought he could beat frank into goodness. but it doesn't work that way. i've seen the belt his father used on him, with its metal brads every quarter of an inch. i've seen frank's back. and the scars. when we took care of him and we had to change his clothes, i saw the scars on his legs; yes, and even on his backside. o yes there were more than a few whippings--i call them beatings. so frank when you read this i say your father scared your fine god-given body. but that belt could not reach your heart. maybe in a couple of years you will find the "right" girl. and your kids will have a fine, fine father. maybe i can learn to forgive. alice.."A fool made wise by pity."