It's never fun, but sometimes you need to suffer a bit in order to truly understand joy. The Beaumonts go through a really tough time when Poppa gets into a car accident and falls into a coma, throwing the whole family into limbo as they wonder whether or not their father will die. Mibs takes it harder in some ways than the rest of her family does, and on her birthday, believing that her savvy is waking things up, she starts a crazy crusade to Kansas so that she can pull Poppa out of the coma. She is devastated when she realizes that her savvy is hearing thoughts instead, and it's made worse by the thought that Poppa may never come out of his coma. Ugh.
Questions About Suffering
- Why does Lester suffer so much from the voices in his head?
- Do Fish and Samson suffer on the journey as much as Mibs does?
- How does the Meeks family suffer?
- Outside of Poppa's accident, what are other times the Beaumonts have suffered together?
Chew on This
Suffering reminds us of what is good in our lives and reminds us that we're alive.
Suffering is our punishment for doing foolish things.