Returning: Holding out for hope

"Elizabeth, we're here!"

"Just a minute!" I yelled as I tossed the last romance novels from my shelves into my armoire. Done, I shut the door, took a deep breath, plastered a smile on my face and headed to the door to greet my church friends.

Welcome to Pretense-ville.

PALE GHOST

You'd think I would know better about donning a mask after my Doing and Shifting years, but I told myself, see, this time I'm aware of how screwed up religious conformity can be!

Hah!

After spending so many years being an...