Ariel Lawhon

"A gripping historical mystery based on the real-life diary entries of Martha Ballard, an 18th-century midwife who found herself at the center of a murder trial"--

A Novel

The Frozen River

Zachary Roberts

I do not stay to hear some ridiculous complaint one neighbor might have against another for taking the Lord's name in vain. Truth be told, I am more than a little tempted to do so myself.

It hurts. Every year it hurts when I do this, but to forget would be the greater injury. 

I cannot say why it is so important that I make this daily record. Perhaps because I have been doing so for years on end? Or maybe if I am being honest--it is because these markings of ink and paper will one day be the only proof that I have existed in this world. That I lived and breathed. That I loved a man and the many children he gave me. It is not that I want to be remembered, per se. I have done nothing remarkable. Not by the standards of history, at least. But I am here. And these words are the mark I will leave behind. So yes, it matters that I continue this ritual.

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