“…my faith has nothing to do with individual opinions or ideals. My faith is directly connected to the source so it is not shaken by their mistakes.”
Salma Keir talking to her charge in Caring for Eleanor
Sticks and Stones
“There are many way to hit someone,” said Eleanor with the wisdom of age. “Some people do it with fists, others do it with words.”
Do We Know What the Future Holds
“You didn’t leave?” whispered Eleanor.
“No, I did not leave.”
She walked to the chair, sitting down close to Eleanor.
“I think, I gave Mikel the idea that he could do anything he wanted with me and that I would not leave him,” she concluded. “Mikel still thinks I cannot leave him.”
“But you know you can.”
“Can I? Do I know that Eleanor? How do I know that? What would I do? I make very little money. The girls would have so little. They go to a good school, they live in a beautiful home…,” she trailed off, knowing how ridiculous and shallow that sounded.
“You need to find out if you can do it. Children are resilient. They’ll do well with you.”
“Like your Jamie did?” blurted Salma.
Conversation Caring for Eleanor
Consequences May Be Worth The Risk
“Are you telling me to leave Mikel?” asked Salma, grasping at straws.
“I would never presume to tell anyone what to do. I would expect you to decide for yourself without fear of repercussions. There are consequences to leaving but you can handle it. You’re a strong woman.”
“Me? Strong?”
“Yes, strong and capable!”
“What will Mikel do?” asked the foolish woman.
“Do? Mikel will do what he needs to do. Deal with it like all the other husbands who are left behind do.”
“No what will Mikel do without me?”
Conversation in Caring for Eleanor
It Could Happen Again
It Could Happen Again (March 2011)
* Fiction > Women’s Fiction > Friendship
* Fiction > Women’s Fiction > Domestic Life
Description
The struggle of a mother to free herself from the tyranny of a man she once loved, but now threatened her peace of mind, her life and the life of her children.
“This book, says it all with just the right balance. The challenges faced by the woman desperate to leave, the torn agony by the friends who watch and the complacency of the society that tangles itself with “doing the right thing.”
-Pandora Poikilos, author of Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out
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