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"I wondered if that was what I was doing myself " caring so much about something that was so long gone that I was only propping it up."
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"God never ends anything on a negative, God always ends on a positive. Because what is negative about going home?"
"I wondered if that was what I was doing myself " caring so much about something that was so long gone that I was only propping it up."
"Real, lasting closure is never secured through retribution or retaliation."
"I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, ... and tried to tell myself he cared about me enough not to look elsewhere for what I wasn't giving him."
"My friends, if we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of 'I could have, I should have.' We can sleep in a storm. "And when it's time, our good-byes will be complete."
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