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My nurse… reached up and slapped his hand. Hahahaha

Normally, I scorned such sentiments. Now, in the face of such universal animosity, one understood the point of those safe prisons.

I begged God to show me the reason for all the [spoilers]. He knew what that reason was, and I had faith I would receive illumination. God was not so much inscrutable as expectant. The Dear Lord wanted me to use what he gave me; my mind could comprehend all if asked with the proper, humble supplication.

“Wisdom comes from experience and experience comes from unwise decisions, so – when you’re wise in one area, you’ll be tested in another.”

“I could tell Papà wanted to pat me on the head and tell me to mind my weaving, but a man was six daughters knew better than to dismiss their acumen.” Ha ha ha, wise man.

“Should I plan a wedding?…”Or a killing?” Hahahahhaha

“He’s such a cold fish, I would have never thought. But-“ she shrugged- “I suppose he is a man.” Hahahaha

“Both would have been quiet, proper replies. Instead, I snapped, “I’m not stupid!”” -We’ve all done this…

When we cross as girls, we’re slashed by thorns and whipped by awkwardness, and on the other side, we are one with womanhood, but we are never as we were before. We are, in many ways, strangers to ourselves.

“It’s perfectly natural. The place between childhood and womanhood is a wilderness of briars and monsters. We all must cross.”