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I Am the Daughter of a Pedophile

This supposed man of God, this loving father, this doting grandfather had played us all
Leah Elliot
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Her eyes meet mine again, and she sees in me the truth—that I lie.
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What A Whale Can Teach Us About Grief
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Doubt is more common than we’d like to admit

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It isn’t rest until it isn’t for anything.

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I was nineteen the first time I read Augustine.
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