What kind of religion would celebrate its High Holidays by reading about a biblical figure as heartless as Abraham—a classic case of paranoid schizophrenia, in Iona’s opinion—who nearly killed his son because he heard voices in his head and was rescued from the dirty deed only by other voices?
Ellyn BacheThanks for . . . what you remember. And what you don’t. It’s not nothing. It’s a lot.
Ellyn BacheThere is a certain point—she has known this since her father-in-law’s long battle with heart disease—when a person begins to die in earnest. There is a hollowness about them. They begin to retreat. She has seen this, and she knows.
Ellyn BacheCourtney leans into Andrea, buries her face in Andrea’s shoulder. Andrea pats her daughter’s back. Courtney blubbers. Courtney sobs. Courtney wails. It is the best thing that has happened in months.
Ellyn BacheIf you believe in forever, then life is just a one-night stand.
Ellyn BacheOdd, how in the afterglow of someone else’s life, your own looks so much brighter.
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