Blessings
“Always by himself. Always wearing his distinctive Mennonite suit. He chose the busiest stores and walked around, sometimes pushing a cart, always meeting others’ gazes, forcing a smile and nod if someone maintained eye contact long enough to see it.These excursions used up a lot of gasoline, time, and energy, but Graham decided it was his form of education. Trina was learning to be a veterinarian; he was learning to feel comfortable outside of Sommerfeld. The time would come when the two of them—just them, no crowd of friends—would leave their secure Mennonite community. He would work among the worldly. Shop among the worldly. Reside in an apartment next door to the worldly. And he refused to spend that time feeling misplaced and uncomfortable.It was simply a matter of adjusting, he told himself as he pushed a squeaky metal cart around a large discount store on the outside edge of McPherson. And he would adjust. For Trina’s sake. If he was comfortable, then she would be comfortable.
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