Johanna sat by the fire every night and worked on her tapestry. Dumfries waited until she was settled in her chair and then draped himself across her feet. It became a ritual for Alex to squeeze himself up next to her and fall asleep during her stories about fierce warriors and fair maidens. Johanna's tales all had a unique twist, for none of the heroines she told stories about ever needed to be rescued by their knights in shining armor. More often than not, the fair maidens rescued their knights. Gabriel couldn't take issue with his wife. She was telling Alex the truth. It was a fact that maidens could rescue mighty, arrogant warriors. Johanna had certainly rescued him from a bleak, cold existence. She'd given him a family and a home. She was his love, his joy, his companion. She was his saving grace. Julie Garwood
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The poem “The Greatest Glory in Living Lies Not in Never Falling, but in Rising Every Time We Fall” by William Blake is told from a point of view of a person who has been in a deep depression and has decided that they will not get up when they feel like it. The speaker feels that when they have fallen, this is the time to rise again, so they can feel the glory of being alive. In the poem, the speaker says that they do not need to be saved by a knight in shining armor, because they have been rescued by their love for their family and home.

Source: Saving Grace

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