The Bridge
“For as long as Shannon could remember, his grandfather, James, had been going to the cemetery at least once a year to clean up their family’s gravesites and plant wild flowers around them. Today was the first time he had asked Shannon to come along.
“Why do you keep doing this, Grandpa? No one else does.” The other graves were covered with plastic flowers.
“That’s my wife and little girls who are buried here,” he said, pointing to the graves. “And your father, too. I do it because I love them.”...
“But they’re dead, Grandpa. They’re dead and gone. They don’t know what’s going on here.”
“Don’t be disrespectful. I’ve told you what it says in the Bible.”
“I know: One day when God comes back, everybody will jump up out of their grave and be just like they were before they died. I just don’t believe that. What if they were sick or crippled or something? Maybe they don’t want to come back.”
“Now you’re being blasphemous.”
“I’ve been reading this book telling me how to control my own life.MoreLess
“Why do you keep doing this, Grandpa? No one else does.” The other graves were covered with plastic flowers.
“That’s my wife and little girls who are buried here,” he said, pointing to the graves. “And your father, too. I do it because I love them.”...
“But they’re dead, Grandpa. They’re dead and gone. They don’t know what’s going on here.”
“Don’t be disrespectful. I’ve told you what it says in the Bible.”
“I know: One day when God comes back, everybody will jump up out of their grave and be just like they were before they died. I just don’t believe that. What if they were sick or crippled or something? Maybe they don’t want to come back.”
“Now you’re being blasphemous.”
“I’ve been reading this book telling me how to control my own life.MoreLess
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