His sister was quiet for a while, and then, speaking with great difficulty, as she was very close to death, she said, “The people here feed me. The people here keep me clean. I’m surrounded with love. I have everything I need. There’s no blame.” When this big tough cowboy with the Stetson hat and the belt buckle as big as a football heard these words, he dissolved. His face was consumed first with an infinite sadness, then with wonder and amazement, until finally it looked like the face of an innocent child. He was transformed by his sister’s forgiveness. In a moment, in an instant, he had
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