After Mom died, I found a cedar box under her bed. Inside were two letters, one for me and one for Paige. Mine was simple. She told me to marry with a clean heart. She told me not to let bitterness sit beside me at the altar.
Paige’s letter was different.
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I didn’t understand it then.
I hated it, actually.
It felt like Mom was asking me to forgive Paige before Paige had even hurt me.
But that was my mother.
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She never wasted pain when it could become a doorway.
