Momma said “Shhhh” and patted my hand to remind me that the rest of the family was trying to sleep. We both knew if Daddy said to keep quiet, that was exactly what he meant.
I dropped my voice to a whisper.
“Well, she yelled, ‘Sinner!’ Then she grabbed my face and started kissing me. When she did, the windows blew out, and shards of glass flew across the kitchen, and demons flew all about the room, cackling and yelling, ‘Sinner! Sinner! Sinner!’ I thought the whole house was gonna blow away with me in it. I heard something behind me from the other way, so I turned back around toward the back door. That whole end of the house was blown away, and Jesus came crawling up the back steps toward me. He had the crown of thorns around his head, and he was bloody and bruised with blood running dow
