An Excerpt from “Beautiful In Every Moment”
CHAPTER ONE ~ An Excerpt from Beautiful In Every Moment It was another endless, steamy, Saturday afternoon inside the little church called St. Stephens Seventh day Adventist Church just off Route 52 in St. Stephens, South Carolina where the very air seemed on fire with the "Oh help me, Jee-sus!" kind of heat that makes you contemplate cutting a deal with Beelzebub himself, were he to suddenly materialize in a bang of brimstone and slither up next to your pew and offer a little A/C action. I was wearing my standard issue kiddy church gear (or was it wearing me?). The Sunday best uniform was a blue polyester suit from Sears and a clip on tie that choked whenever you looked in any direction that was not straight ahead.…