Unexpected Dismounts
“Only my sweet friend had never looked at anyone with those eyes the way this woman was piercing me with hers. I didn’t need a mirror to know I was piercing right back.
Although she was small-framed like Geneveve, she stood tall, as if she could somehow shrink the rest of us if she tried hard enough. She straightened entitled shoulders and marched, uninvited, up the steps. I moved not at all subtly to put myself between her and the kitchen door. If this woman even thought she was coming into my home— Okay. Pull it back. Respond in love.
If that was God, he had to be kidding. But I did respond in coldly polite.
“Have a seat?” I said, slicing a hand toward the swing.
She pulled the African lacy thing across her chest. Yeah, lady, it’s chilly out here in March—deal with it. The closest I could come to responding in love was not saying that out loud.
The woman finally sat like a plank on the edge of one of the Adirondack chairs and clasped her hands together in a fold h...alfway between praying and dealing with indigestion.MoreLess
Although she was small-framed like Geneveve, she stood tall, as if she could somehow shrink the rest of us if she tried hard enough. She straightened entitled shoulders and marched, uninvited, up the steps. I moved not at all subtly to put myself between her and the kitchen door. If this woman even thought she was coming into my home— Okay. Pull it back. Respond in love.
If that was God, he had to be kidding. But I did respond in coldly polite.
“Have a seat?” I said, slicing a hand toward the swing.
She pulled the African lacy thing across her chest. Yeah, lady, it’s chilly out here in March—deal with it. The closest I could come to responding in love was not saying that out loud.
The woman finally sat like a plank on the edge of one of the Adirondack chairs and clasped her hands together in a fold h...alfway between praying and dealing with indigestion.MoreLess
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