The Gilded Cage (2015)
“The days seemed especially short, as the clouds formed a dim gray expanse of sky that reduced the sun to only a hint of opalescence. Darkness came early on these gray days.
Columbine told herself that soon she would adjust to the loss of Ned and to her own unhappiness. She kept busy during the day, but then she had to face the nights. She became well-acquainted with three o’clock in the morning. She lay awake, half-missing Ned and half-glad he wasn’t with her. She was spinning out of contro...l in a fog of introspection. It was not easy, and it hurt.
Columbine lay awake and thought of her life, the things she had accomplished, and suddenly they seemed puny to her. Sometimes she would cry. If she were a religious woman, she would have prayed. But praying to a masculine God had grown more difficult for her over the years. Masculine patriarchs had a tendency to raise her ire, not soothe it. Recently Elizabeth Cady Stanton had told her that she prayed to Mother and Father God.MoreLess
Columbine told herself that soon she would adjust to the loss of Ned and to her own unhappiness. She kept busy during the day, but then she had to face the nights. She became well-acquainted with three o’clock in the morning. She lay awake, half-missing Ned and half-glad he wasn’t with her. She was spinning out of contro...l in a fog of introspection. It was not easy, and it hurt.
Columbine lay awake and thought of her life, the things she had accomplished, and suddenly they seemed puny to her. Sometimes she would cry. If she were a religious woman, she would have prayed. But praying to a masculine God had grown more difficult for her over the years. Masculine patriarchs had a tendency to raise her ire, not soothe it. Recently Elizabeth Cady Stanton had told her that she prayed to Mother and Father God.MoreLess
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