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You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.
And the skeleton of a house can carry in its bones the marrow of all that came before.
Sometimes the least believable stories are the true ones.
“Life is one trial
after another. You’re just learning that earlier than most.”
“The most important qualities a human can possess are an iron will and a persevering spirit,” Mamey says. She says
against
D. H. Lawrence—he was a writer, but also a painter—wrote this line: ‘Close to the body of things, there can be heard the stir that makes us and destroys us.’ I want to do that—get close to the body of things. As close as I can. That means going back to the same material again and again, digging deeper every time.” He laughs, rubbing
the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.
there is solace to be found in giving yourself to the Lord and accepting his blessings. The best we can do is appreciate the wonders of God’s green earth, try to avoid calamity, and put our faith in him.
What she wants most—what she truly yearns for—is what any of us want: to be seen. And look. She is.
