Then, whenever I feel the sun on my face, I will think of you, I told him. You will always be with me, Bill. Because of all I have felt for you, and all I have learned from you.

~ Cornelia Maude Spelman

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When I feel angry, I want to say something mean, or yell, or hit. But feeling like I want to is not the same as doing it. Feeling can't hurt anyone or get me into trouble, but doing can. (Bunny from picture book)

~ Cornelia Maude Spelman

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It could not have been easy for Mother, an only child, to grow up without a father and with a mother who was remote. Photos of her as a child show her extremely dressed up --Cornie's beautiful little doll. But a daughter, unlike a doll, grows up, and might fall in love with and marry someone her mother does not like; she becomes an individual with her own ideas.

~ Cornelia Maude Spelman

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