I thought I found in her face - so calm and beautiful - that total, unconditional love that I had never known. She became the rock on which I built my life as a young adult. When I was alone and shut my eyes, her image appeared in front of me and I felt her presence. Part of her entered me and lived in my body. 

To say "I love you," Yanomami Indians of the Amazon say, "Ya pihi irakema," meaning "I have been contaminated by your being" - a part of you has entered me, and it lives and grows.