“When I get my apartment cleaned, and get all new stuff, new furniture, then I can get one of these beautiful pieces,” she says, her eyes glittering as she takes in all of Katie’s sculptures.
I don’t tell her I’ve heard this before, so many times, from people who deny themselves beauty, deny themselves the things they want in this life because they don’t think they deserve them, because their lives are a mess, and who never get their lives together because they don’t really believe they deserve that, either.
Instead, I look at her, and as gently as I can, say, “I wish for you that life that you just envisioned for yourself.”
Her eyes still glitter, but now with tears, as she says, “Can I hug you?"
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