Tumbleweeds
“The aircraft’s wheels had popped down in preparation for landing at the New Orleans International Airport. It was his first plane ride, and he was one year older than she’d been in 1979 when, at eleven, she’d taken her last trip by air. Her son returned her smile and leaned toward her. Nearly six feet in height, he blocked Mabel’s view behind him.
“How’s the neck?”
Cathy kneaded the area of her left carotid. She’d awakened with a painful crick in her neck. “Sore, darn it. Let’s hope it unkinks ...by the time of the ceremony.”
She did not want to miss a single detail of the ordination service. John would be entering from the rear of the church and she hoped to follow his every step in the procession. She and Will were to be seated in the first row, and to see everything would take quite a bit of neck craning.
Beside her, Emma said, “John is going to be surprised at how much his godson has grown since the last time he saw him.”
It had been a year, and in those months time had begun to refine Will’s facial features and physical build.MoreLess
“How’s the neck?”
Cathy kneaded the area of her left carotid. She’d awakened with a painful crick in her neck. “Sore, darn it. Let’s hope it unkinks ...by the time of the ceremony.”
She did not want to miss a single detail of the ordination service. John would be entering from the rear of the church and she hoped to follow his every step in the procession. She and Will were to be seated in the first row, and to see everything would take quite a bit of neck craning.
Beside her, Emma said, “John is going to be surprised at how much his godson has grown since the last time he saw him.”
It had been a year, and in those months time had begun to refine Will’s facial features and physical build.MoreLess
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