Just the simple idea of Gwindor's mother absolutely kills me! I can't say any of the right things. Very real and emotive for me. The children who still need to be cared for co-existing with the ones who have been lost--that's life for a lot of women on this planet still.
This is very powerful:
She felt that she ought to go and ask, but the impulse to speak with her friends was not strong enough to push her into movement, and apprehension kept her rooted to her chair even though she knew there would be no resolution to it unless she moved.
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Date: 2014-03-09 05:29 pm (UTC)This is very powerful:
She felt that she ought to go and ask, but the impulse to speak with her friends was not strong enough to push her into movement, and apprehension kept her rooted to her chair even though she knew there would be no resolution to it unless she moved.