Unfinished Desires
“Giles, abbot; Commemoration of the Twelve Holy Brothers Grounds of the St. Scholastica Retirement House Warm evening, clear and bright, following Compline“I LOVE OUR evening walks, Mother Galyon. You are very kind to let me hang on your arm. And please stop me if I rattle on too much. There’s so much in my head. We recorded just twenty-eight Catholic deaths in the Boston area today. That’s one of our low numbers, isn’t it? I try not to dwell on it, but one day my name will be on that list, only... I won’t be at the other end of the phone to repeat it so you can take down the particulars. And Sister Bridget will have to call down to Mountain City and have somebody spread the word for my old girls to offer up prayers for my soul. I just hope I will have finished the memoir by then, but that’s in God’s hands.”“How far have you gotten, Mother?”“This morning I finished the—well, let’s call it an overture to the ‘fifties’ chapter. I’ve been procrastinating by offering a capsule history survey of ‘the decades so far.’ The French would call it reculer pour mieux sauter: I balk for fear of jumping in.MoreLess
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