• Everything will be all right when the kids are older. I'll be more free. Free for what? What in the hell is the matter with you, anyway?

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• At the Day of Judgement, God will say Stacey MacAindra, what have you done with your life? And I'll say, Well, let's see, Sir, I think I loved my kids. And He'll say, Are you certain of that? And I'll say, God, I'm not certain about anything any more. So He'll say, To hell with you, then. We're all positive thinkers up here. Then again, maybe He wouldn't either. Maybe He'd say, Don't worry, Stacey, I'm not all that certain, either. Sometimes I wonder if I even exist. And I'd say, _I know what you mean, Lord, I have the same trouble with myself.

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