The Light Shines in the Darkness: A Spiritual Journey Author|Asher Hartman But under the skin of

But under the skin of these poems a flame of passion-or compassion-is hidden

" and finches are "singing wanting

Henry must learn to live without his mother and the only world he has ever known

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The Light Shines in the Darkness: A Spiritual Journey Author|Asher Hartman But under the skin ofThe only thing constant in Jan's life was change. From the time she was a baby until her twenties, she and her family moved over forty times, mostly because of an alcoholic dad who couldn't hold a job, but also a mother who was gradually descending into alcoholic denial as well. Her family of five siblings and two parents expanded and contracted depending upon divorce, alcoholic denial, and economics. Her parents divorced when Jan was five, and she