I lived my childhood
against the stained wallpaper of the Vietnam War. My children have lived theirs
against the gnawing realities of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it's
hard to believe that one of those wars is finally over.
At
age 29 I cried out to an empty universe in the first authentic prayer of my
life: "God, if you are, I need help!" The
help came in ways I couldn't imagine.
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