Monday, April 17

the foundation of her habit

It was a kiss on the forehead by an older woman that really made Littlegirlcop feel special on Easter. It wasn't from Lorenza O'Brian, the queen of all lasagna and the mother of his cop pal Marty. She did give him a kiss on the cheek like she always did, and it made him feel warm and welcome, a very nice kiss but not the kiss. "The kiss" came from a stranger and strange-stranger at that. It came from one of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. This Sister unlike most seemed to be a woman by birth, but really one never knows. She was passing the donation bucket at the Annual Easter Bonnet/Hunky Jesus contest and was touched by a question about the construction of her habit. Before she explained that the foundation that gave her habit it's height and it's unique double domed shape was in fact a brazier, she took his face in her two hands and gave him a kiss on the forehead. She did the same to his friends Patty and Katheryn too, It couldn't have been more loving if it were done by sister sanctioned by the church in Rome. It made him feel very happy. As did the admiring glances of the sweet faced young man seated in front and to the right of him. And the site of the two thirty year old dads with there twin sons each baby in a matching backpack. There was a time when Littlegirlcop would have found the Hunky Jesus contest and the men in nun drag a tiny bit grotesque, and very sacrilegious but really at the heart of all the camp was warm holiday feelings. Like the kiss on the head by Sister Mysteria, that was her nun name, Sister Mysteria of the Broken Hymen.

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