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To love and be loved was more than could ever be expected, more
than enough for a thousand ordinary lifetimes.

"You rarely see all of someone. Not for a long time. And often, when you do, it's too late. Jimmy was kind and decent. Until he wasn't. The good parts, they still leave so much room for the bad....

"Maybe when we pray we're not asking for intervention. Were just reminding ourselves of the things that matter. You screw up and ask forgiveness of yourself. Someone loses their way, and you search your own mind for the guidance to help them."

At ten years old he realized that people were born whole, and that the bad things peeled layers from the person you once were, thinning compassion and empathy and the ability to construct a future. At thirteen he knew those layers could sometimes be rebuilt when people loved you.
When you loved.

I just wanted to show you that sometimes things survive despite the harshest of odds ❤️