How different would her life be if I had found a fraction of the courage that child had? How different would all of this be: Bevel, the Sanders, the girls? How different would it all be if I just had a little bit more courage? But what was courage? I wondered. How could I find it if I didn’t know what it looked like? Maybe Heaven had courage because she had me. Maybe community creates courage? What if courage creates community? Maybe empathy creates courage? How can you express empathy toward others if you can’t empathize with yourself? Is the core of healing empathy and courage? The questions
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