As I expected, there was no mention of any other games this weekend. I had seen "Friday Night Lights" when it was shown at the Paramount (Classic Movi...s) Theater this past summer. High School Football is still very much a part of West Texas tradition just as it was back in the twentieth century. Fortunately for us, the Odessa Permian team that we are playing this Friday night is not the same one that movie followed. They only won one game last year, and that was because their opponent never. Aval mulaiyai paarkum pozhuthu athil vai vaithu sappi paal kudika vendum endra aasai manathil vanthathu. Chithi en veetirku varuvatharku munadi niraiya murai hotelil santhithu pesi irukirom, appozhuthu ennai chithi oru vithamaana paarvaiyil paarka aarambithaal. Pinbu pugai padam eduthu kondu irukumpozhuthu aval kuurana mulai en meethu patathu. Muthal murai aval enai mulaiyai en meethu vaikum pozhuthu en sunni viraithu vitathu.Chithi aval mulaiyaal ennai idithu naan ivanai paarthu kolugiren. She would not be listed on the permitted visitors' list.Someone in our family went to see Dad each month. He always told us to bring candy bars and cartons of cigarettes. I asked him if he took up smoking but he said it was for a few of the friends he had made.Bob had asked Dad if his life was hard in prison and did he get in much trouble? He was told that he let people know he wasn't going to take their shit and after knocking a few guys around he was pretty much left alone, other than a few. Nancy wondered sometimes if her wishes would ever come true, if she would ever be able to have a real relationship, as Nancy was sexually molested by her stepfather as a very young girl. Although her stepfather had long since left, Nancy was still haunted by vivid memories and horrible dreams. Anytime a boy even tried to get close to her, she would recoil in fear and start to shake and sweat. She has never told anyone about the abuse. She seemed destined to suffer in silence.Nancy's one.