stepwise It had been many years since Kurt had been back home to see his mother. Rocky, was their relationship at best. As a child, Kurt spent more hours in the “time out” chair than he would like to remember. To his recollection, he wasn’t a bad kid and surmised that his mother must have just flat out hated him. This thought was confirmed when entering the house with a huge bouquet of flowers and chocolates, he forgot to take off his shoes and his mother’s first words in 15 years were to go have a seat.