Willing To Do It All Again
by Melanie Hemry
The sun over San Diego smiled before dipping below the horizon. Seagulls dove for fish as a soft breeze brought with it the smell of salt water. Joy Omega Gray caught the sound of a tune from somewhere nearby and hummed along with the music.
Then she stopped. That music was from her old life. She’d grown up in Annapolis, Md., the youngest of eight children. Both of her parents were ministers of the gospel. Her mother was a traveling evangelist. Her father sang. All eight children sang as well, but Joy was the one who’d gone professional.
After life had kicked her hard enough, she’d realized that her parents were wrong. There was nothing to Christianity. It was old news. She’d been disappointed with God. A failed marriage. A miscarriage. The list went on.
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