13,648. 'WHEN THIS MAN WAS A NUN'

'WHEN THIS MAN WAS A NUN'

I never appreciated any of that, nor

understood. He said if girls could be

Boy Scouts, why not he a nun? I, on

the other hand, said 'Why that at all?

What for.' Where's the fun?' So we 

disagreed, like two kids arguing 

over an Oreo cookie, the 'creme'

or the chocolate.

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I later told him to get a grip. 'Have

you ever really looked at a nun?'

I asked. After all, in the long run,

what sense does a cloistered life

make? You're in the mix from 

which you must create, not just

retreat. My hands are already

filled enough with God.