Godshot

by Chelsea Bieker

“Your mother’s got that emptiness inside her and she’s gonna fill it with something. Drink, church, men. Always switching seats on the Titanic.”

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

buckled up but I felt shaken and a little angry. I wished God would tell me what to do himself, not through the mouth of a man.

I drank a little more. I liked how the action of bringing the cup to my lips could stand in for speaking.

“I only tell you because I don’t want you to put so much pressure on this one life. Your mother’s on a journey all her own. If this one doesn’t work out, all I’m saying is that maybe the next one will.”