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Show 50 about her personal problems for a long time, and she is hard to follow. When I was nine she got up there and talked about how she had received inspiration in a dream that it was time for another child. The Eldridge's marriage was apparently one where you don't have sex except to procreate, and to look at Brother Eldridge makes that rale seem more divine than it would usually sound. So she wakes him up, says, It's time, I just had a vision, whatever. Surprisingly long story short, Brother Eldridge's surprise is so great that he "spilled the seed!" and now Sister Eldridge was in front of us, un-pregnant, nearly crying like always. That was the first story about sex I can remember hearing, and I don't know how I pictured it at the time. But I've been looking forward to her testimonies ever since. I vocalized my excitement on the car ride over and my mom said I shouldn't talk like that, Sister Eldridge is going through a hard time. I thought she was always going through a hard time, I said. Well, this time she just got divorced. Why? Well, her husband.. .did not practice fidelity. Oh. So this week I was thinking she wouldn't stand up. This time, church wouldn't be cathartic enough. But toward the end of the service, she walked and stood in front of the podium like usual,-looking like an old statue. Since I lost all that money in the divorce and have been working two jobs, it's been tough on the kids. But you've all been supportive. And most important, I still have faith. I still have the Lord to help me fight through this. I don't know where I'd get strength without that faith. When she finishes the chapel is quiet. I am not sure where to put my eyes so I open up the hymn book and start thumbing through the pages. |
