this joy, this certainty, this freedom from pain.

They're all wondering when she'll give up the delusion.

And in the end she gains everything that was nearly lost... Bernard, healing, her faith proven right, even the diamond she never really wanted.

But she's never in her life been more relieved to have her period than she is today.

That's great. I think Kate's (and most people's) darkest and most complex thoughts are the ones no one else ever knowss about.

I really like how we see these events through the thoughts of those eperiencing them.