And I ADORE this, I have tears in my eyes, this is so wonderful I don't even have words (even if there weren't currently an argument between a nudist child and his sensible mother going on behind me). Well and truly and beautifully done, sweetie.
(You got Martha absolutely right. You mentioned worrying about that, but this:
But there are days, there are generals, there are harsh words and dismissive looks that send her back to the uncertainty of age thirteen, and there are others that send her back to the devastating solitude of 1913. And respecting herself is hard, it's a struggle when it seems that no one else will.
sent a shiver of recogintion down my spine and I'd say more but argh, 'tis splodey here tonight.)
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And I ADORE this, I have tears in my eyes, this is so wonderful I don't even have words (even if there weren't currently an argument between a nudist child and his sensible mother going on behind me). Well and truly and beautifully done, sweetie.
(You got Martha absolutely right. You mentioned worrying about that, but this:
But there are days, there are generals, there are harsh words and dismissive looks that send her back to the uncertainty of age thirteen, and there are others that send her back to the devastating solitude of 1913. And respecting herself is hard, it's a struggle when it seems that no one else will.
sent a shiver of recogintion down my spine and I'd say more but argh, 'tis splodey here tonight.)