The Stories We Tell

This post is adapted from a sermon I gave last summer for the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, where we are members. I was halfway through 15 rounds of chemo at the time, and had just had the miracle of a clean PET scan. From the start, our community there supported us in countless ways, practically, emotionally and spiritually. I wanted to share something of my experience with them; I wanted to give thanks. Now, I offer it to you:

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Mean Girls

There was a mean woman. At least I thought she was mean because she had no desire whatsoever to be my friend. She lived in my brand new and very small town, and she was what the latest books might call a Queen Bee (or so I thought, in my own mean way). She seemed to rule over her sisters by sheer force of personality, with a biting sarcasm that was somehow both cruel and hilarious.

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