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“I learned, probably very early, that the mommy for whom I yearned might be there for me, and then again she might not. A sad mother, preoccupied and distant, might take her place. But, in a way, it didn’t matter so much.”

“I do remember that, more than anything, I wanted her in my life. I wanted the mommy who played the piano and sang to me, the mommy who, sometimes, would come into my room at night and hold me when I was frightened by the dark.”