Never forget...

 

[Revelation 21: 4]

 

The Sundress

             - a short story by Mary M. Isaacs

     Lucy was alone in the house that day. She was visiting with her grandmother while grade school was closed for the summer, and her grandmother had gone out shopping…

     Lucy preferred playing alone. She didn’t have many friends at school because she was so shy. Sometimes she felt invisible there, but it was better than being teased, which happened often--teased for her shyness and plainness. And at home she had to be the perfect child; she could never be just herself.

     Her grandmother’s house was an escape from home and school. No one bothered her there; her grandmother always let her do what she wanted. It was like being in another world. She walked up the steps, across the porch, and through the front door into a sheltered place. In that house, she was safe—she and all her imaginings, where she was in control of everything and no one was in control of her...

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Mary M. Isaacs

Copyright 2019

To read the rest of the story, "The Sundress" is included in the collection, Holy Innocence, found on the right sidebar.

Romans 8: 38-39

 

Canticle II

 

(copyright 2026 --

composed long ago)

"Anima Christi"