MOM

"Ready for our final game of the year?"

"Yuppers.....I'm feelin' lucky tonight!"

"Can't believe the holidays are here already. T I M E ......12 points. Grandma called again yesterday."

"God! What did she want ? Probably expecting gifts from her beloved children and grand kids! H A T R E D .....22 points"

"Ouch! Good score. Actually, she's miserable. Said she saw West Side Story on TV and remembered how much fun we had when I took her to the Carousel Dinner Theater to see it last year. Said she misses me. P I T Y .........14 points."

"She's the one who insisted on moving back to Wisconsin. She just misses the stuff you did for her!"

"Maybe."

"Maybe nothing. Why do you do that Ma? Make excuses for her? A N G E R ........10 points."

"Don't know. Maybe cause she's my mom and I'm hoping someday she'll change. Come on, you feel that way about dad sometimes too. C O M F O R T .......Man one tile short of kicking your butt......18 points."

"Some people just shouldn't have kids, like grandma and dad. It's just wrong, fucks everybody up."

"Yeah, but then we wouldn't be here, either of us."

"Still not right. J U S T I C E .........28 points."

"Justice, that's a funny word, not much justice in this world. But I have no regrets. I'd do it all again just to have you girls. Man, you're killin' me here. K I D S .............10 points."

"We did alright didn't we?"

"I think so. You're all amazing. You've done things I never even imagined at your age, in spite of people like grandma and dad."

"Well, just don't let grandma ruin your Christmas. OK, here's the killer punch. Q U I Z Get out the calculator........46 points. Looks like I got this game in the bag."

"Does look that way. Well, it's not much, but it's all I've got
M O M ......9 points."