“My feelings have changed,” she said, slowly. “My feelings are changing. I am proud of Dibs. I love him. Now he doesn’t have to prove himself to me every minute. Because he has changed. He had to change first. He had to be bigger than I. And his father’s feelings and attitudes have changed. We had built up such high walls around ourselves — all of us. Not only Dibs. I had. So had my husband. And if these walls all come down — and they are coming down, then we’ll all be a lot happier and closer.”
