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The Sean of the South podcast starts now.

Music The Sean of the South podcast starts now. Young Jimmy prayed, but nothing worked.

The 14-year-old boy cried as he knelt beside his bedside, clasping his hands together.

He sobbed, imploring the heavens for a miracle.

I'll be good, God.

For always I'll be good, Jimmy said, crying into his pillow, "'if you'll only bring my mother back.'

But Jimmy's mother was not coming back.

The year was 1956, and Jimmy's family was poor.

His mother was dead.

After an operation in the hospital, his mother's funeral,

had been the hardest thing Jimmy had ever endured.

It all started when Mary developed a pain in her breast that wouldn't go away. The pain got

worse, and his mother disregarded this discomfort. She didn't have time to deal with sickness.

She was a poor mother trying to raise her kids. There was no space for illness.

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