`` today 's different , '' the old man replied . i laughed and said , `` have fun with that . '' they threw her out in the storm . '' did her mother know more than she was letting on ? its not going to make them happy , but i cant let them get hurt , and i want to meet my mother desperately . standing there in the desert night , i wondered what else i had n't realized . one-handed , she pushed the goggles to her forehead . 