CHAPTER 13“For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts.”
– Ezekiel 36:24
Me and Gypsy were the first to arrive at the funeral parlor. No sign yet of my mother and brother or anyone else. The chilly air in the parlor made the place smell like refrigerated carnations. The last time I saw so many folding chairs stenciled with Bodnár & Sons was at the meeting of the Lake Erie Soccer League. We signed the guest book and took a memorial card of Psalm 23. “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He
