The halo arrived when she was twelve. The teasing was merciless. The nuns were furious. In confession, she wept.
She was force-marched through tabernacles and asylums and hospitals and prodded and examined and questioned. The cruelest question: “Why you?”
She disappeared. How does a young woman with a halo disappear?
Victor Kreuiter lives, reads, and writes in the Midwest.
Good question Think of all the angels around us WITHOUT halos.
I love this – so creative and thoughtful, and mysterious! I want to know more.