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Jackie Ostrowicki
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“No he hadn't been the best father, but he was my father, and we loved each other. We needed each other. Though he'd disappointed me countless times through the years, life had already proven too short for me to hold on to that. So I let go of my hurt. I let go years of frustration between us. Most of all, I let go of any desire to change my father and I accepted him for who he was. I took all of my anguish and released it like a fistful of helium balloons to the sky, and I chose to forgive him.”
― Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
― Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
“Some of us can live without a society but not without a family.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words
“Help your father
As he ages
And loses his strength
For it was he who sheltered you
And protected you from the storms
KhoiSan Book of Wisdom”
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As he ages
And loses his strength
For it was he who sheltered you
And protected you from the storms
KhoiSan Book of Wisdom”
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“It’s rare to see a man step up and say “I can be a great father and learn about gymnastics with my daughter and take her to dance lessons because I love her.” I can make time to blow bubbles on the back porch. It doesn’t cause your man card to be revoked.”
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“It was during those years that I discovered that loving [my father] was like sticking a blade into my own heart. It got me nowhere, except awake in the middle of the night, recalling the years when my father was the strongest, the smartest, the funniest, and I lay curled in my bed, wondering why I had been cheated out of a father who loved me, and one I could love in return.”
― Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, a Prince, and the Search for Home
― Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, a Prince, and the Search for Home
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Enter a lavish world where science and superstition collide. Established in Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone Trilogy and further expanded in the Six o ...more
Jackie’s 2025 Year in Books
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