Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me

by Whoopi Goldberg

There will be times when people who haven’t lost a parent, particularly their mother, are going to say things to you that make you think, What the fuck! You don’t know what you are talking about. They aren’t where you’re at. They don’t know any better. The best you can do is say, “Thank you,” then wrap it up quickly and get the hell away.