Bravo!!!

Bravo! That was such a bold, brave, and yet sneaky, underhanded move that Mrs. Penn pulled. I have to laugh though, because I keep thinking of when I was little. When I would run in and out of the house my mom would ask if I thought I lived in a barn. I just think it would be funny to hear Sara Penn ask Nanny or Sammy that. But for her to put her foot down and her children first was admirable. Her husband was a selfish jerk. Forty years and he let his wife live in a shack. While I was reading this I held out hope that perhaps he was building a house and was trying to surprise her. I thought MAYBE that was why he wouldn't talk about it, and even maybe Sammy was in on it. I even thought if it wasn't for Sara, maybe it was a wedding gift for Nanny. When he really built a barn I wanted to hunt him down and kick some sense into him. What a jerk!!!!! Who needs that many barns, cows, horses, etc. I think in the end though he realized the damage he had caused over the years. His crying in the end I don't think symbolized defeat but surrender. I think he realized that his wife deserved better than what he had provided all those years. He came to see that she could handle it herself and she wasn't going to settle for second or even third best anymore.