1. For example, a woman might pause for her cigarette to be lighted or hover by a table waiting for the man to pull her chair out for her. 2. Only now the women pause for breath more often and take a day to do chores that used to take a few hours. 3. The woman paused, trying to recall all the times. 4. The woman paused for several moments before answering that she could. 5. Today, far from coastal Texas, a woman pauses to settle herself as she tells that story. 6. Occasionally, the women pause for a heartbeat or two, and only then to buy food. |