Why mothers tell them the truth

Virgil 2022-04-23 07:01:53

Because the twins were raped by the head of the prison, they didn't want to get along well with them, giving them a sharp childhood. She was shocked when she learned that the head of the cell was her first child. When Nihad was born, she said that no matter what, she would always love him. In a letter to Nihad, she said that the two The child broke the chain, so she wanted her children to know the truth of the matter, to understand the harm that war and religion have caused them, to forgive all the hardships she had been through, and to love them forever. I hope that they will still have love in their future lives, that they will not be defeated by reality like themselves, and that they will still walk out of the "jail" (the last sentence is their own imagination). "

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  • Notary Jean Lebel: Will of Mrs. Nawal Marwan... To Notary Jean Lebel: Bury me with no casket, no prayers, naked, face down, away from the world. Stone and epitaph. I want no gravestone, nor my name engraved anywhere. No epitaph for those who don't keep their promises. To Jeanne and Simon: Childhood is a knife stuck in your throat. It can't be easily removed. Jeanne, Mr Lebel will give you an envelope. The envelope is for your father. Find him, and give it to him. Simon, the notary will give you an envelope... The envelope is for your brother. Find him, and give him the envelope. When the envelopes have been delivered you will be given a letter. The silence will be broken, a promise kept, and you can place a stone on my grave and on it engrave my name in the sun.

  • Notary Jean Lebel: Death is never the end of the story. It always leaves tracks.