Punishment followed on a grand scale. For ten days, an unconscionable length of time, my father blessed the palms of his child's o...
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Punishment followed on a grand scale. For ten days, an unconscionable length of time, my father blessed the palms of his child's outstretched, four-year-old hands with a sharp switch. Seven strokes a day on each hand; that makes one hundred forty strokes and then some. This put an end to the child's innocence.
