Hers was tougher than tough love. It was brutal, industrial-strength. A sinewy love that never gave way to an inch of weakness.
Itwas a love that saw what was best for you ten steps ahead, and- P17
didn‘t care if it hurt like hell in the meantime. When I got hurt,
she felt it so deeply, it was as though it were her own affliction.
She was guilty only of caring too much. I realize this now, only inretrospect. No one in this world would ever love me as much as mymother, and she would never let me forget it.
… "Mommy is the only one who will tell you the truth, becauseMommy is the only one who ever truly love you." Some of the- P18
