Ma'am. Little Lady.

Joseph and his family lived on a small farm in the middle of nowhere. They had been attacked by a tramp who took their rifle but left without taking anything with him. Joseph spent an afternoon looking for weapons to defend himself against the man's return. His mother comforted him saying it would be okay if he didn't want to risk losing any more money. The house still smelled like breakfast so they ate one potato split three ways, spiced with burnt bits of meat that she scraped off the skillet. Jesse chatted while we ate telling us what she thought California might be like.