By the fifth grade I had read about various theories of life after death and
reincarnation seemed the most pleasing of them, until just this instant.
The lay minister (?) was about to start another topic and then I blurted out
"Can you choose!?" I put my hand up as I had asked but still felt embarrassed
immediately. She scolded me for not waiting to be called on. I felt like my
body had just been following my mind's desires as it heard something *amazing*
and the rest just followed along. I could feel my face warming, blushing.
"I'm sorry, um, I wanted to know, can you *choose* what you look like in
Heaven?"
"Jesus will see you as the best version of yourself. It is not for us to
decide that. I would--"
"But would Jesus know what we want?" Snickers. Stares. My hair stood on end.
"You want to be thin then?" another boy said. Laughter.
"Everyone! Heads down. Now." _______ ____
I wasn't going to find out. I was {Fat ass} {Shit}
embarrassed. I'd gone this far with- /~~~~~~~ /~~~~
out being weird in class. Soon after ' '
I started telling her that my older /O\ /O\ /O\ /O\
brother was home, and could watch me [~ ~] [~ ~] [~ ~] [~ ~]
that day and I broke into our house /||#| |/|#| |||#| |##||\
only to slip out through the window |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
again when my dad got home and come |"milestones" Chapter 1 p9 cc2021 JCM |
in through the front door like usual. |_____________________________________|
reincarnation seemed the most pleasing of them, until just this instant.
The lay minister (?) was about to start another topic and then I blurted out
"Can you choose!?" I put my hand up as I had asked but still felt embarrassed
immediately. She scolded me for not waiting to be called on. I felt like my
body had just been following my mind's desires as it heard something *amazing*
and the rest just followed along. I could feel my face warming, blushing.
"I'm sorry, um, I wanted to know, can you *choose* what you look like in
Heaven?"
"Jesus will see you as the best version of yourself. It is not for us to
decide that. I would--"
"But would Jesus know what we want?" Snickers. Stares. My hair stood on end.
"You want to be thin then?" another boy said. Laughter.
"Everyone! Heads down. Now." _______ ____
I wasn't going to find out. I was {Fat ass} {Shit}
embarrassed. I'd gone this far with- /~~~~~~~ /~~~~
out being weird in class. Soon after ' '
I started telling her that my older /O\ /O\ /O\ /O\
brother was home, and could watch me [~ ~] [~ ~] [~ ~] [~ ~]
that day and I broke into our house /||#| |/|#| |||#| |##||\
only to slip out through the window |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
again when my dad got home and come |"milestones" Chapter 1 p9 cc2021 JCM |
in through the front door like usual. |_____________________________________|
Milestones by Jeri Claire, page 9