Looking For You All My Life Part 53

wonder-why would G.o.d choose to answer one particular

request for a miracle, say like sending down snow, but not

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answer another, say like when Michael prayed for Steven

Harris to be healed of cancer?"

"Why don't you ask Michael about that?" suggested

Audrey.

"Good idea. In fact, I'm interviewing him in the morning.

I'll put it on my question list."

"And here's another question," said Spencer with a gleam

in his eye. "Why don't you ask him if he can pray for my foot

to be completely healed before the slopes open up?"

The two women chuckled over this, and then Maggie

grew more serious. "Already there are some strange rumors

going on around town about Michael. Some people are

making fun of him. I just hope they don't get carried away

with all this miracle business. Poor Michael, I'd hate for

folks to start treating him like some sort of sideshow freak

or something."

I"I'd be more worried about those people who might hate

him because of the color of his skin," said Audrey. "Just

today, Clara Henderson told me that Lou had heard that

Lthat Ebbert fellow is up to no good. He wanted to post a

flyer at their store about some meeting or something. Of

course, Lou refused."

"Yeah, and there are a few kids at my school who're

*pretty weird when it comes to all that kind of crud," said

Spencer. "I can't believe them. They draw swastikas on their

hands and walk around with their heads all shaved, wearing

these stupid-looking army fatigues. You halfway expect

* *them to click their heels and salute 'Heil Hitler' at any given

moment."

*"They're probably just going through a phase," sug-

*gested Maggie weakly.

"A dangerous phase," said Audrey.

aggie grabbed her jacket and went Out on the

porch as soon as she spotted Jed's headlights

pulling into her driveway. The snow had stopped

falling now, and she was amazed at how easily she could see

the porch light reflected on the shiny surface of new

with

0w. She waved as Leah hopped out of Jed's pickup. Then

Jed stuck his head up over the top of the cab and called out,

"Hey, Maggie. This enough snow for you yet?"

"It's totally wonderful!" she called. "I love it! I just

wanted to say thank you for getting those snow tires on, and

just in the nick of time too!"

"No problem. I was taking Michael over to Byron

anyway."

"Come on in and I'll write you a check for them. And we