The Color of Water

Can somebody tell me what the two characters Ruth and James want to hold on to?.. and What they want to forget?

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"I began to hold onto that, that God will forgive the most dreaded sin, because I felt Mameh deserved better from me." They wanted to forget the sound of their mother weeping, which they hoped and prayed that by being strong for her she never would do again.