“…For so many years I tried my best to dress folks up so they looked peaceful as they passed into eternity. And what I’ve learned is that true peace resides within the departed soul that looks down upon all the sad faces wondering why they grieve over a manikin…” Pg.76
Stained Glass Teaser 6
Elijah closed the book and shook his head. He liked Jared. But damned if he could find one thing in what he read that made any sense to him unless the intent was to portray a God that was both callous and petty. As to why bad things happen to good people? Apparently it was because He let them to prove a point. Learning the context of the window had done exactly the opposite of what Jared had suggested it would. It had made the scene less beautiful. Pg. 75
Stained Glass Teaser 5
Many years ago he’d decided that, much like God, poetic love wasn’t real. But that left no explanation for what had come squirting out of Jack’s eyes in a complete stranger’s living room at the mere mention of his wife’s name? What was it that could arouse such a palpable memory from a weathered postcard? What was it that had brought a renewed smile to his wrinkled old face the moment his mind was allowed to detach itself from the realities of the present heartbreak, if not love? Pg. 74
Gerred Lee 