June 2011
20 posts
Ma.
She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken. And since old Tom and the children could not know hurt or fear unless she acknowledged hurt and fear, she had practiced denying them herself. And since, when a joyful thing happened, they look to see whether joy was on her, it was her habit to build up laughter out of...
