the ministry of presence

"i've come to realize that all of us just want some company. angela didn't need me to do anything. she didn't need another plant or magazine... what really matters is the company of another beating heart, the presence of someone who cares about you, even if all they do is sit in a chair and bear witness to the trials at hand."
-elizabeth owen, my (not so) storybook life, on friend angela's battle with cancer

though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves; a cord of three strands is not quickly broken