Estella Stone

“He was only a breath away. That is what he had always told me. He had whispered this to me during the dark hours at home. I’m only a breath away. I’m only a breath away. I knew what that meant: it meant that Jesus was near me and in me through the Holy Spirit. He was invisible and yet real, like the air I breathed every moment of my life, and he would sustain me. After deciding to keep on living, I had felt a fresh peace settle over my heart: God, I knew, had given me the grace to endure. We pulled into the office parking lot and entered”
― Estella Stone, Keeping Silent: A Childhood Lost