The framed photograph was all that was left

The framed photograph was all that was left of the mother's lies. The mother's lies that made up their happy childhood. A childhood where they needed nothing but wanted

absolutely everything. Their mother had pretended that they could afford any excess. She shoved money into stores like she was allergic to it. One day, their father took notice.

Finding that not only had their mother squandered the family fortune, but was a frequent flyer in the world of internet casinos. She had even tapped into the childrens

Telephones and stole their identity for the webcam shows she was interested in doing. Weird, Using her daughters name with her body on camera was a terrible idea as the neighbors

had explained earlier. Leave it to Harold and Maude to explain neighborhood decorum! Nakedness hardly seemed the freakish

thing that you might think though Maudes skin hung from her thin frame like a Shar-Pei except she had no fur. Alas, impressionable youth... Harold let it all hang out too

and that was when everyone found out he only half Jewish. The Left half ! The other half was Rastafarian and the last half pure Appalachian Ridge Back.

This made it difficult to fill out the census forms. His religion often changed with the time of day. He ate bagels for breakfast and Luthern lutefisk for lunch. At supper time,

atheism, like how plants on your windowsill lean towards the sun. But alas, those moments were so rare that he went on to amass a staggering collection of Miracle Spring Water.