...This fear was unbearable. It unwrapped who she was, as neatly as he'd unwound her bandage, leaving too much pain and ugliness exposed. Nerve endings; he'd said they were the problem [causing phantom pain in the amputated limb]." Things that cut off, that ended abruptly or died--like parents and marriages--kept hurting forever. Kristin Hannah
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When a person loses a limb or suffers from a painful illness, they can often feel pain where the limb once was. The limb is gone but the nerve endings remain and continue to transmit pain. The author of the quote above says that the pain of losing a marriage or parent is similar in that it continues to hurt even after the fact. He believed that each day we should try to do something right so we can become better people and avoid making mistakes in the future.

Source: Home Front

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