1 He had not been to church since he was a kid. He had not crossed the threshold and entered sacred ground, where Jesus watched from golden crosses and the Virgin Mary lingered in the air, providing hope to the weary and the lost. When he sat down and closed his eyes, he was unaware of Reverend Mulls’ presence. He simply shut his eyes and prayed.He prayed for forgiveness. Reverend Mulls tapped him on the shoulder midway through his fifth repeated prayer. He opened his eyes

I was born wall-eyed! Well, for those of you who don’t know, wall-eyed is the opposite of being crossed-eyed.  I needed three operations to fix my eyes. I can still remember the third operation quite clearly. It happened right after my father’s construction company folded.   Since Father or Mother weren’t bringing in a paycheck, I became an “indigent” case.   Before Father had lost his company, he’d been able to afford one of the best doctors in the country and this doctor h

That Monday was the worst day of Christina’s life. The rebel inside her felt it might actually be the best, but the rest of her didn’t see it that way. It started when her manager summoned her into his office. The time was a couple of minutes to nine. She’d barely had a moment to take off her spring jacket, the last birthday present from Justin before they’d stopped giving each other presents. “I have to let you go,” her manager told her matter-of-factly, his steely eye