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Date Posted: Sun, August 06 2023, 7:40:47
Author: kgp
Subject: QOTD for Sunday, August 6, 2023

The following quotation is from An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 73 One Ewe Lamb Returns To The Fold


He brushed his own uniform, grimly considering. He wore it daily now, as protection for Dottie and Henry. He had not been an actively serving officer for years but, unlike most men in that position, had not resigned his lieutenant-colonel’s commission, either. He wasn’t sure what Hal would have done had he tried to resign, but since it was a commission in Hal’s own regiment and Grey didn’t need to sell it, the point was moot.

One of the buttons was loose. He took the hussif out of his kit, threaded a needle without squinting, and whipped the button tightly to the coat. The action gave him a small feeling of satisfaction, though acknowledging it made him admit just how little he felt he could control these days - so little that sewing on a button should seem cause for satisfaction.

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[> Sometimes a small victory can get me through the day….. I can’t thread a needle anymore without squinting and a LOT of light. -- Kathy in PA, Sun, August 06 2023, 14:48:38


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[> [> Me, either. I identify with John though. Little victories. -- kgp, Sun, August 06 2023, 17:37:12


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