Finding Room...In from the Deep

When I made love with him I used a great deal of energy and afterwards I felt and started not to care about anything that would normally bother me. I allowed myself to feel the joy inside of myself. I felt renewed every time I had experienced deep passion with the man he was. Obviously there was a direct link between chastity religion and political orthodoxy. I began to realize that in order to sustain fear and lunatic madness that one has to 'bottle' some powerful instinct and use it as a driving force. This was my mother still alive within me pushing and forcing me to honor the faith and cultural imperatives. ...from The Affair. This is a gutsy revelation raw yet tender. We know whereof Sandra speaks. This author belongs to her work.