Hidden in a toolbox, in the rafters of his four-car garage, was an envelope full of pictures taken by a private detective...They were pictures of a scrawny, boyish looking nine year old with a wide mouth and a tangle of brown hair...Her eyes were oblong and deep set, their color hidden from the camera by the slant of the sun. The angles and planes of her face were oddly beautiful just then, in that moment, frozen on Kodak paper. A hint of the woman she would someday become.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
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Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
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