Chapter Twenty-six: Another Face at the Window

by | Nov 17, 2011 | Amazing Grace

Again, another thread of events that were running parallel with the overview given in chapter 24. My eldest daughter awakened in the night screaming in terror so intense she was almost completely unable to describe to us what was frightening her.  Soothing and rocking...

Chapter Twenty-five: The Boat Ride to Damascus

by | Nov 15, 2011 | Amazing Grace

By now the reader knows that I cannot write all of this in strictly chronological format since there are always several threads weaving through a person’s life and for the sake of clarity, I’m separating those threads both thematically and...

Chapter Twenty-four: The Poisoned Apple

by | Nov 14, 2011 | Amazing Grace

Mother was quite unhappy that I should shift my loyalties to Larry.  And he was equally determined for his demands to be served through me.  That is to say, my mother wasn’t going to tell him what to do since, at this point, it was obvious that she didn’t...

Chapter Twenty-three: In The Forest

by | Nov 14, 2011 | Amazing Grace

A Sufi saying: “Religion is like a garment.  One has to know how it fits before one can take it off”.  I was now proposing to myself that I should put it on as an adult.  I knew that it was necessary to do it fully and completely, and to do this I needed...

Chapter Twenty-two: The Devil in the Details

by | Nov 14, 2011 | Amazing Grace

Larry began teaching me about boats and the commercial fishing business.  After I quit my job, we were together all day inspecting the boat, a worn out old tub that ought to have been sunk, and getting equipment either repaired or replaced.  We rapidly developed a...