By Kay Heitsch
While we were in Lapeer for Todd's funeral, I received a phone call. I was not at Bill's dad's when the call came in. Mary Ann relayed the message when I walked in the door.
When Mary Ann told me her name, I recognized it right away. It was the woman who refused to allow me to eat in the cafeteria when I was visiting my ex-roommate after being expelled from the religious boarding school. (If you recall, my Mom drove me from Illinois to Michigan after I was invited to stay the weekend.)
This religious school cafeteria experience added to my bitterness with religion. I wasn't in the mood to hear or deal with this woman again. I had blocked out most of my negative experiences with that religious boarding school. I did not return her call.
Now, as I look back, I half wonder if this lady was calling to apologize for her unkind treatment of a teenage girl who had been invited to stay. I don't know, but I like to believe that is why she called.
I praise God that I can think something positive about the phone call after all these years.
"Write down for the coming generation what the Lord has done, so that people not yet born will praise Him." Psalm 102:18
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