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Helen Keller's Secret Question: "Am I Worthy of Your Relentless Love?"

Helen Keller's Secret Question: "Am I Worthy of Your Relentless Love?"

We all need someone bigger and wiser who is on our side.

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Helen Keller's Secret Question: "Am I Worthy of Your Relentless Love?"
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Helen Keller’s story moved me to tears the second time. My wife and I rewatched the 2000 movie The Miracle Worker yesterday. As I thought about the most moving parts of the movie, I realized that it was Anne Sullivan’s dogged persistence in loving that girl to the end that grabbed me the most. And it was her persistence that made Helen abl…

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