Chapter One
What think you of this fool ...? Doth he not mend?
—TWELFTH NIGHT, ACT 1, SCENE 5
The sun rose through the gap in the eastern ridge where the
river cuts through. I watched it come up, lying on my back on
the riverbank. A few months ago, I had prayed that God would
grant me the gift of seeing one more sunrise. He had granted that
prayer, along with a few others, in a manner more generous than my
situation merited, but that's the sort of thing He does. I make no
pretense of understanding His ways, but ever since I survived that
dreadful night, I've made a point of trying to see every sunrise that
I could. And I've continued to pray. Not for myself, mind you. I've
been rewarded enough so that I can pass along some prayers for the
rest of the world. It seems only fair.
As the warmth of the rays began removing the night's chill ... read full excerpt from Jester Leaps in ebook
