Dreadlocks make people wonder if you’re trying to be rebellious. - Anne Lamott

Then the singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from everyone's very heart. There was no sense of performance or judgment, only that the music was breath and food.

"No" is a complete sentence.

I prayed for my heart to soften, to forgive her, and love her for what she did give me — life, great values, a lot of tennis lessons, and the best she could do. Unfortunately, the best she could do was terrible, thee the Minister of Silly Walks trying to raise an extremely sensitive young girl, and my heart remained hardened toward her. [p. 46]