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[kyburg]

My sister is selfish, self-centered and a snob. (Her husband and kids are cool, though.)

Can I cope with that being my nearest living female relative the rest of my life? Do I dare?

Thank God for Jim's mother - "If I can be your security, I will." She said that to me on the phone today.

Gods, I want other people I trust as much as my mother around me, the rest of my life.

If I can't have my mother. Gods, if I can't have her.