Acceptance from "summary" of The Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Acceptance is a concept that has always been foreign to me. I never quite grasped the idea of accepting things as they are, without trying to change them. My mother, on the other hand, seemed to have a deep understanding of acceptance. She accepted things that I couldn't even fathom accepting. I remember the time when my father disappeared for days on end, leaving my mother to fend for herself and two young girls. Instead of panicking or trying to track him down, my mother simply accepted his absence as a part of life. She went about her daily routine as if nothing had happened, as if it was perfectly normal for a husband and father to vanish without a trace. At first, I was outraged by he...
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