The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady by Sharon Mondragón

Author:Sharon Mondragón
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Published: 2021-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

“NOW THAT WE’RE MORE OR less recovered from Christmas, ladies, I have an announcement to make.” Margaret presided over the New Year’s Eve gathering of the Heavenly Hugs Prayer Shawl Ministry from the armchair at one end of the coffee table in front of Macy’s. Jane stopped rummaging in her knitting bag and looked at her.

“The painting in the Prayer Chapel is finished. I made a point of inspecting the work on Sunday and I must say it looks wonderful. It’s been well worth the inconvenience of meeting elsewhere for several weeks. But now we’re free to meet there again, so this will be the last time we’ll meet here.”

She folded her hands over her knitting and turned to Rose. “Now, would you lead us in prayer?”

Jane put up her hand. “Wait a minute. I think we need to discuss this.”

“There’s nothing to discuss. It’s time we got back to normal.”

“That’s just it. Do we want to get back to normal?”

“Of course we do,” Margaret huffed.

“Maybe you do, Margaret,” Rose said. “But I, for one, really like meeting here. I like being in the middle of things, not stuck off in a corner somewhere.”

“There’s no maybe about it. And the Prayer Chapel isn’t just somewhere. It’s special, and it’s even more special and beautiful now that it’s been painted,” Margaret retorted.

“I like meeting here too,” Fran said.

Margaret sighed. “We know why you like it, Fran. You need to be careful, though. You don’t know enough about that man.”

“I know enough to know that I want to know him better. He’s a substitute teacher at the high school, he’s lost his spouse—like me—and he goes to church, at least he did on Christmas Eve.”

“I heard about that. But I noticed he wasn’t there last Sunday, so he’s just one of those Christmas and Easter people—not much of a commitment at all.”

“He’s making a start. He only stopped going when his wife died.”

“You didn’t stop going to church after Ed died.”

Fran looked at her levelly. “Grief takes people different ways, Margaret. The important thing is that he’s started going back now. But before you interrupted me … I was going to ask what will happen to Amy and Kineasha’s knitting lessons if we stopped knitting here.”

“I suppose they could come to church on Sunday for their knitting lessons,” Rose said. “Amy’s practically doing that now.”

“I want to keep meeting here too,” Jane said. “We’re reaching people, making a difference. Not that people weren’t benefiting from our prayer shawls before,” she hastened to add at a look from Margaret, “but it all seems to mean more somehow.”

Rose nodded. “The prayer requests aren’t just names on a list anymore. They’re living, breathing people with all kinds of needs, and they’re asking us to ask God to help them. I get the feeling some of them have never asked someone to pray for them before. I feel like we’re breaking new ground.”

“Don’t any of you miss the chapel?” Margaret asked, clearly exasperated.

“I suppose we could still meet there once in a while,” Fran said.

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