Steel Magnolias

M'Lynn: No...I couldn't leave my Shelby. I just sat there and kept pushin' the way I always have where Shelby was concerned...I was hopin' she'd sit up and argue with me. Finally we realized there was no hope. They turned off the machines. (pause) Couldn't take it. Jackson left.(Slight laugh)I find it amusin..men are supposed to be made outta steel or somethin. I just sat there. I just held Shelby's hand. Oh, God..I realize as a woman how lucky I am! I was there when that beautiful creature drifted into my life..and I was there when she drifted out of it. It was the most precious moment of my life...I gotta get it back. Has anyone got a mirror?
Truvey:Does anyone have a mirror? I dunno how ya doin on the inside honey...but your HAIR sure is holdin up beautiful.
M'Lynn:(looking in the mirror, upset)Shelby was right! This IS a brown football helmet!!(Starts to cry)
Clarie:Ohh..honey are you ok?
M'Lynn:I'm fine..I'm fine..I'm fine..I'm fine!(Sobbing and screaming)I could jog all the way to Texas an back..but my daughter can't!! She never could! Oh, God....I'm so mad I don't know what to do! I wanna know why! I wanna know WHY Shelby's life is over!! I wanna know HOW that baby will ever know how wonderful his mother was. Will he EVER know what she went THROUGH for him? Oh God I wanna know WHY? WHY? Lord...I wish I could understand! No...NO...NO!! It's not supposed to happen this way! I'm supposed to go first! I don't think I can take this..I..I don't think I can take this! I just wanna hit somethin'! i just wanna hit somebody...till they feels as bad as I do!! I just wanna hit something! I wanna hit it HARD!