“You know," Glen Bateman said, looking out toward Grand Junction in the early light of morning, "I've heard the saying 'That sucks' for years without really being sure of what it meant. Now I think I know.”

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

“ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant”

“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

“At the time, I didn't know what forgiveness meant. I wouldn't really know what forgiveness meant for another year, until my pastor, Rick McKinley, happened to spell it out in a sermon. He said that when you forgive, you bear the burden somebody has given you without holding them accountable.”

“You know, sometimes I think this is just not it,” he said, his glasses flashing from the early night’s light. He turned toward me in a thoughtful pause.“You know what I mean, Tom?” he asked. “It’s just not.”