Looking "into"the Glass Castle/Craig

I read the Glass Castle a good two months ago..so I know that I've forgotten some details. I'm blogging from Jennifer and Rick's home in Gig Harbour. I'm here to followup with Dr. Schoenfelder. What I decided to do, is what I usually do, is.. let the info rattle around for awhile before I blog. Normally an idea arises from the gray matter..really gray matter. I recalled many similarities of the story line to my upbringing and several other ideas I could have written about. I decided to focus on one point..that haunted me throughout the book! That is Jeannette's inner strenght. Haunted yes. After several of the descriptions of her life incidents I started admiring how each of these were handled. I developed a sense of confidence ,the farther I read,how she would defeat each adversity that came her way... I'm already conceding that having intelligent parents and coming from unconditional loving parents is huge. Gosh! When she was rolled out of her car in the middle of the desert..at nightime..hurt..left for hours..what did she do. She walked back to where she was dumped and waited. The way she handled the potential rape scenario in the upstairs..the way she helped her older sister escape first..the way she dealt with the professor who was lecturing on the homeless...and last the way she courageously dealt with a father she loved and admired. Jeannette has grit! Thanks. Craig.