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“Perhaps when we ask the Lord to deliver us from evil, we are really asking him to deliver us from ourselves.”
It was as though, because she had spent so little time in the world, it did not really matter that she was gone—she did not really matter. One would think we had lost a dog that was dear to our hearts. It squeezed me deep inside to see people so calm, as if nothing much had been lost.
as with many things in life, sometimes one person’s good fortune is a direct consequence of another person’s ruin.
I let him go that day, even though I did not want to let him out of my sight, because a mother does not do what she wants, she does what is best for her child.
already I was realising that all the rage had been an affectation. Something I’d reached for to use as a defence against shame. Anger is easier than shame.
But the biggest lies are often the ones we tell ourselves. I bit my tongue because I did not want to ask questions. I did not ask questions because I did not want to know the answers. It was convenient to believe my husband was trustworthy; sometimes faith is easier than doubt.
