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For a man who is literally dying to make amends, he is denying himself and his son the opportunity to unburden themselves of any guilt they may feel. I wonder what Issac’s side of this story is…

Jacob’s only true obstacle throughout the entirety of his life story is himself. And there is nothing sadder to see than a man in his own way.

At first, when reading Jacob‘s references to death I thought it was just symbolic and or vernacular, but I never realize he had a gift similarly to Isaac. Whereas Isaac could talk to the dead, Jacob talks to death.

While I understand Isaac’s pain, I feel like he should’ve kept the house. At the very least, it’s something he could’ve given to his children.

Hmm

Mmmm

That is such a heart wrenching thing to hear, that one parent killed the other. I keep saying it, but the more I read the more my heart breaks for Jacob and the more sense he makes

Reading is fundamental

“I said, ‘Yessir,’ and wiped my eyes. I’m not sure I ever loved that way again.”

These notions which were often told to boys are the same things that ruin their emotional recognition and regulation, and really prevent them from being vulnerable/open in their intimate relationships. A sad reality.

It’s so heartbreaking to think that many black elders never knew “I could decide how to live, how to be in this world. Never knew I had the right.” The reality that for so long they had only known to just accept everything as it was makes the past so much harder to fathom. It hits deep when you understand “ we didn’t think we were supposed to be happy… feelings are irrelevant. They had to be.”