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From that time on, I have marked time according to what year I began praying for the souls of different relatives. One year for my father's mother and sister, another for my mother's father, another for a great-aunt...
...more than 30,000 people have sent in the forms to state comptroller John Sharp, who is going along with the joke by mailing applicants an "official" Texas-citizenship certificate. But since the certificate alone will not help non-Texans cut their taxes, Sharp advises them to "kiss Aunt Tillie goodbye and move down to God's own country...
This time, after reviewing the case, lawyer Watts has designed an agreement that allows the boys to remain under official jurisdiction and continue a program of therapy. Sweeney will retain visitation rights. The boys want to live with their aunt; the department will try to help the woman afford better housing so that she can take them in. Finally Tommy will be assigned a Court- Appointed Special Advocate volunteer, who will look out for his best interests...
...uncalculated spontaneity in the hardest sort of role, a character of true goodness who is still approachable and fun. Mark Rosenthal and Karl Maschek as the boys, also cast since Chicago, have been ably joined by Lisa Emery as their mother and Alice Drummond as their dotty great-aunt...
...story is doom. It begins with Bessie's being tested for mysterious bruises that signal leukemia. It ends with her facing quick death, knowing she must abandon the father and aunt she has served so long and the nephews she has begun to help. The true tragedy, the most apt AIDS metaphor, is that the world needs more people like her and is about to have one less...