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- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I did get married and then had children, it was Beatles' songs I sang to them at night. As one of the youngest of 24 cousins, I had never held an infant or baby-sat. I didn't know any lullabies, so I sang Sam and Grace to sleep with 'I Will' and 'P.S. I Love You.'
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
As someone who has lived the nightmare of losing a child, I know that the enormous hole left behind remains forever.
- Go Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
My daughter, Grace, was not killed by a gun. She died suddenly at age 5 from a virulent form of strep. As I stood stunned in a church at her memorial, one of the hardest things I heard someone say was, 'I'm going to go home and hug my child a little tighter.' 'Well, good for you,' I thought. 'I'm going to go home and scream.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
God does give us more than we can bear sometimes.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have learned that there is more power in a good strong hug than in a thousand meaningful words.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Back when I was 8 or 9 and wanted to be a nun, I would often stop at church on my way home from school.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
For reasons I can't remember, my family eventually stopped attending church, and I started questioning the Catholic Church's beliefs. I dabbled a little, but nothing stuck.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my adult life, I had spent a lot of time angry at God, mostly over the sudden deaths in my family - my brother at 30, my daughter at 5.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned to knit in 2002, six months after my 5-year-old daughter, Grace, died suddenly from a virulent form of strep. I was unable to read or write, and friends suggested I take up knitting; almost immediately I fell under its spell.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I often feel that I have a split personality. I love more than anything to be in my study writing, but when it's time to do a book tour, I love that extroverted part, too - talking to people, reading, traveling, going out into the world.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020