"Don't ever think that what my son chose to do didn't cost us dearly. Love always leaves a significant mark. We were there together."

Mack was surprised. "At the cross? Now wait, I thought you left him - you know - My God, my God why has thou forsaken me?"...

"You misunderstand the mystery there. Regardless of what he felt at that moment, I never left him...Mackenzie, I have never left him just like I have never left you...

Will you a least consider this: When all you can see is your pain, perhaps then you lose sight of me?" (p. 96)