Cedar Woman (181 page)

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was
S
o
n
n
y
wh
o
was
her
ha
l
f
s
i
de,
t
h
e
lo
ve
of
her
li
fe.
Sh
e
m
u
st
t
e
l
l
him at onc
e
.

But,
she was
afraid.
Michael’s
death h
a
d
d
evastated
h
e
r.
On
l
y t
h
e i
m
pendi
n
g
birth
o
f
h
e
r
b
a
by
kept her
in
balance.
O
n
ce
L
og
a
n
w
a
s
b
o
rn
,
t
h
e
s
ur
g
er
i
es
r
e
qu
i
red
t
o
r
e
pa
i
r
h
i
s
c
le
ft
li
p
a
nd
pa
l
a
t
e
g
a
ve
her
s
o
m
e
t
h
i
ng

to
f
o
c
u
s
o
n
,
a
n
d
t
h
e
res
u
lting
ad
d
e
d
cl
o
seness
b
etween
her
and
h
er
son,

p
artially filled t
h
e
g
a
p
left
b
y
Mic
h
ael’s
p
assin
g
.

Lena
realized
w
i
th
s
u
r
p
rise
t
h
at
she h
a
d
b
e
en
a
b
le
to
m
ou
r
n
V
i
cki co
m
p
letel
y
.
Her
l
o
ve
f
o
r
t
h
e
ki
n
d
w
o
m
an,
w
h
o
set her
fe
e
t
u
p
on
t
h
e
p
ath she
n
o
w f
o
llowed,
h
el
p
ed
h
e
r
to
cele
b
rate Vic
k
i’s
life
i
n
stead
of
d
welling
u
pon
h
er
d
ea
t
h.
N
o
t so with
Mic
h
ael.

Did
I
c
ont
i
nue
to
ca
r
ry
t
h
e w
e
ight of
grief b
e
ca
u
se
I
felt
gu
i
lty?
she
w
on
d
e
r
e
d
.
W
a
s
my
c
on
tin
u
e
d
gr
i
ef
a
s
e
n
t
e
n
ce
I
im
p
o
sed
u
p
o
n
myse
l
f
t
o

as
s
u
age
my
co
nscienc
e
?

Her
self-
e
xa
m
i
nati
o
n
t
o
re
at
her
he
a
rt,
but
Lena
k
n
ew
t
h
at,
if
s
h
e did
not
look
into
her heart
w
i
th
a
ll
honesty, she
would
n
e
ver
get
beyond t
h
e
death of h
e
r
h
u
sb
an
d;
w
o
uld
n
e
v
e
r
be
a
b
le
to
m
ove
f
o
rw
a
rd
to
a
f
u
ll a
n
d
h
a
p
p
y li
f
e.

A
n
d,
t
h
e
r
e
w
a
s
L
o
g
a
n.
What
an
example
I
have
set!
Lena
t
h
ou
g
ht w
i
th
alar
m
. In
ke
e
p
i
n
g
S
on
n
y
at
a
dis
t
ance,
she
h
a
d
ta
u
ght
h
e
r
s
o
n
to fear
co
m
m
it
m
ent,
t
o
pu
s
h
a
way
lo
ve.
A
n
o
t
h
e
r
r
evela
tio
n
h
i
t
h
e
r
li
k
e
a t
h
u
nd
er
bo
lt.

Lo
g
an
k
n
e
w!

Ar
m
ed
as
she
was with
t
h
e
c
o
mmi
t
m
e
n
t
to
b
e
br
u
tally
h
o
n
est
with herse
l
f,
s
h
e
s
e
nt
u
p
a s
m
all
prayer
to t
h
e
Th
u
n
d
e
rbi
r
d
s
,
b
e
gg
i
ng
f
o
r
t
h
e
i
r aid
in
h
er q
u
est
for
t
h
e
c
o
m
p
lete
tr
u
t
h
,
which
dwelt
in
t
h
e
c
o
re
o
f
h
e
r heart,
h
e
r
so
ul.