“When I opened the box, there was nothing inside – not the girl, not anything, and the knocking had abruptly ceased. But then suddenly, like my own thoughts had been stolen, a voice in my head clearly spoke to me. It was the girl!”
“To a young woman as I was then, the world is a very big place indeed. We look upon our father as the knowledge, as our strength in this world. He teaches us be unyielding in our beliefs, in our convictions and to be strong when challenged. We look upon our mother as our anchor, our love and caring in this world. To be open to others, to be forgiving and kind. And as a girl of twelve, at that moment, my beliefs in the world essentially came down to the one message from both of them: God and the devil were fighting for our souls and we must use the too
