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My resistance had been an unthinking absorption of my mother's thoughts and opinions. I had never read or experienced enough to form my own. But here in Holmes Crossing, I had experienced God as tangible. As real. And I wanted to bridge that chasm and get to know Him for myself.

A murmur rose from the group and grew as the news passed from person to person, and soon the entire congregation of the church knew that Terra Froese, sister of Leslie VandeKeere, had just had a fight with her old boyfriend, who was subdued by Jack DeWindt.

I sidestepped a little boy who tore past us, trailing a balloon that a barking Sasha considered an intruder. "I think." "You made Anneke one happy princess with that silly getup."

She’s SO hung up on male abuse, it’s blinding her.

Amelia has a liquor problem & she might be playing on Terra’s (misplaced?) sympathies.

I had stayed with Eric because of his confidence. His self-possession made me hope that by being with him, I might absorb some of that confidence. But it had gone the other way. Eric had absorbed me, had slowly sucked away what self-confidence I had. With Jack, I felt as if I was receiving, not giving.

This vulnerability was precisely the thing I needed to avoid. I couldn't take a chance on letting anyone get a hold of a piece of my heart. Eric's snide erosion of my self-worth made moving on an easy decision.

Terra’s unwillingness 2 talk is driving me crazy (as it has evidently figured hugely in making her own life crazy!)

[Lots of fear involved here. Both Rod and Amelia should have fear for the baby so why aren’t they getting to the hospital? Can only one parent be blamed ?]

"Amelia was supposed to take her baby to the clinic for tests to find out why she isn't growing, but she's never shown up. She won't listen to the nurses or doctors at the hospital. Rod is worried about Madison, too." I shouldn't have been surprised that Jack would take his friend's part. None of my friends or Eric's friends ever believed he had a wicked backhand either.