My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new story. Her dad had done the best he could. He wasn't capable of giving more. It had nothing to do with her. She could no longer take it personally.
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Related She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, ... MICHAEL ONDAATJE She went because he claimed he could offer her something Mom and Dad couldn't. I think he brainwashe... CANDACE THOMSEN I met Gemma, my wife, when she was 12. She had a schoolgirl crush on me and her dad had arranged for... GARY NUMAN That night, she told me how much she was tired of hurting her mom and her dad. I still remember her ... CINDY GARCIA He, who had done more than any human being to draw her out of the caves of her secret, folded life, ... ANAïS NIN A friend of mine told a story about a date with a guy she was really excited about: He stood her up.... GREG BEHRENDT Her brothers kept wrestling her at the house. She kept asking her dad if she could wrestle and he wo... KATHY MCCAULEY Her eyes stung from crying for so long and having some tears dry on them. Her body was weak from the... ROXANNA ALIBA KAZIBWE She had a very difficult life. 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So far this season I'm proud... BRETT WHITE I don't mind this course, but I definitely like the course at PGA National. BRETT WETTERICH I think it will do just fine. I'm sure they will tighten up the fairways and make it a good test of ... BRETT WETTERICH I'm actually a big fan of the course across the street because I've played there more and have had s... BRETT WETTERICH My game's a little shaky. I could go out and shoot four under, I could go out and shoot four over. I... BRETT WETTERICH It was a little disappointing. But at the same time, I had a great year. I can't complain. BRETT WETTERICH I didn't think the ball was going to do what it did. Obviously if I did, I wouldn't have played that... BRETT WETTERICH People do not care how much you know, till they know how much you care! BRETT WATSON The visual safety improvements are extraordinary. BRETT WALLACE This would be the first state-owned (remote operation) effort. BRETT WALLACE What the city of Charlotte has done is sell their system as a quality of life issue. BRETT WALLACE They are private companies in the business of making money by moving freight. So what it will come d... BRETT WALLACE Going through the Federal Transit Administration process can take up to 10 to 15 years. So what we a... BRETT WALLACE I don't think it's pressure. I think it's just, we hold ourselves to a higher level. BRETT WALLACE I'm willing to be patient. You kind of have to go into it not expecting a whole lot. Being a walk-on... BRETT VALENTYN It's one of the top universities in the U.S. and it's right in my backyard. Just with that, it would... BRETT VALENTYN I wanted to set the tone from the get-go. I kind of needed a little bit of confidence. My shot didn'... BRETT VALENTYN It's tough to bounce back from that. The shots weren't falling in the beginning and they controlled ... BRETT VALENTYN A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead center, you've got to tip your cap, ... The mistake was... BRETT TOMKO To have him in there will be huge, BRETT TOMKO To have him in there I think is going to be huge. BRETT TOMKO We've had trouble all year scoring runs. Even if he comes up with nobody on, the majority of times h... BRETT TOMKO It's obvious what kind of difference he can make. Even if he doesn't swing the bat, he steps in the ... BRETT TOMKO I think it's obvious what kind of difference he can make. BRETT TOMKO To have him in there will be huge. Obviously, there's a big difference he can make. Even if he's not... BRETT TOMKO If you pitch six or seven innings and give up two runs, you should win those games. BRETT TOMKO He's been around the game long enough that he should be able to read between the numbers, BRETT TOMKO A guy hits a 3-2 change and takes it to dead centre, you've got to tip your cap. The mistake was the... BRETT TOMKO The players were focused and in control of their game and deserved this result. But we all know we'v... BRETT TAYLOR We came of age and it's now in our hands to win this league. This was a fully committed performance ... BRETT TAYLOR Even if you think a lot of people are applying [for a particular scholarship], a lot of them aren't.... BRETT TAYLOR I'm disappointed with their try because we should have closed out the game. But after a poor first h... BRETT TAYLOR We'll go over something back and forth, back and forth. And we'll come away from the drill feeling g... BRETT TAYLOR Wayne Robertson is probably a couple of weeks away while Rohan Couch joined in a few drills and shou... BRETT TAYLOR I had a couple of tournaments that I threw away. BRETT STEGMAIER