Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.
We__e hungry for acceptance__rom ourselves even more than from others__or love, for fulfillment, for peace. We__e hungry for a life we think we don__ deserve or can__ have, for the person we know we can be if only we__ give ourselves the chance.
Cravings: A Catholic Wrestles with Food, Self-Image, and God
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We__e hungry for acceptance__rom ourselves even more than from others__or love, for fulfillment, for peace. We__e hungry for a life we think we don__ deserve or can__ have, for the person we know we can be if only we__ give ourselves the chance.
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