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“Children can snatch happiness from even the darkest times,” Ann said. “That’s God’s gift, that’s how God loves children. You grow up, you can’t do that no more. You don’t have that gift. God’s taken it back.”
This is a good reminder that no one in the world is a reliable source for their own story.
His theory in discussing the matter of hereditary traits had been, that, for certain reasons, illegitimate children are oftentimes sturdier and brighter than those born in lawful wedlock . . . —J. L. Scripps, interview with Abraham Lincoln
Instead, Edwin picks up an old edition of The Sacramento Weekly Union. He reads that his father died on November 30th. Today’s date is January 12th.
She sees how hard Ann and Joe work, every minute of every day, to buy their very own daughters, their very own sons.
How very sad
