Walk on Earth a Stranger

Covered Wagon Women: Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails, 1840–1849, edited and compiled by Kenneth L. Holmes, with an introduction by Anne M.

There’s no reason to antagonize people, Mama always said.
But sometimes there’s no reason not to, is how I would reply.

I’ve never felt so far from God’s grace. I suppose I am a stranger walking on earth, but I’m no son of God. I’m no son at all.