Joe McGee, age 11. Joe writes: "Never trust a man
who wears a long dress, a funny hat, claims to be
celibate but insists on being called Father, and
requires you to have blind faith in everything he says."
who wears a long dress, a funny hat, claims to be
celibate but insists on being called Father, and
requires you to have blind faith in everything he says."
No Longer Catholic -- No Longer Quiet
By Joe McGee
Once, at a motivational meeting about 20 years ago, I heard the speaker make a statement that really rocked me. He said, "A friend is someone who knows everything about you and still likes you anyway." Most people there laughed, but I felt a twinge of pain. My friends, and even my wife, did not know my deepest, darkest secret.
Not too long after that, I heard someone make the profound statement: "We are as sick as our secrets." That also made my stomach do flip-flops.
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