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> [“In so many ways,” I tried to explain. “I feel repaired. The old wounds feel repaired, anyway. As if what was taken has been returned. I don’t get to be my mother’s daughter ever again. But I get to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-handford/in-so-many-ways-i-tried-to-explain-i-feel-repaired-the-old-wounds/)

[Jennifer Handford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-handford/)

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## More by Jennifer Handford

> [“Always put the kneeler down immediately! Any Catholic parent of small children knows”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-handford/always-put-the-kneeler-down-immediately-any-catholic-parent-of-small/)

[Jennifer Handford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-handford/)

> [“In so many ways,” I tried to explain. “I feel repaired. The old wounds feel repaired, anyway. As if what was taken has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-handford/in-so-many-ways-i-tried-to-explain-i-feel-repaired-the-old-wounds/)

[Jennifer Handford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-handford/)

> [“I was once a daughter. We all were—Sam, Claire, me. We just didn’t know that it wasn’t forever, that we were only daughters for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-handford/i-was-once-a-daughter-we-all-were-sam-claire-me-we-just-didn-t-know/)

[Jennifer Handford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-handford/)

> [“How do you measure what’s real, what’s true? How do you stack up all that’s pure against all that’s evil?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-handford/how-do-you-measure-what-s-real-what-s-true-how-do-you-stack-up-all/)

[Jennifer Handford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-handford/)

> [“swallowing a spoonful of butternut squash soup, feeling it coat my throat and slide down to my belly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-handford/swallowing-a-spoonful-of-butternut-squash-soup-feeling-it-coat-my/)

[Jennifer Handford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-handford/)

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