40 Tellable Tales For Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter And Pentecost
Shirley sits bolt upright in her bed and cries out, "Enough, I can't bear it anymore!" The back of her nightgown is soaked with perspiration and she is trembling. It is the same nightmare, night after night. She sees herself going out the door of the discount store with toys and clothes for her children hidden carefully in the lining of her coat. A large man wearing a blue blazer and a red tie approaches and politely asks her to show him a receipt for the merchandise under her coat. She begins to run. The man grabs her arm, pushes her up against a wall and handcuffs her to a shopping cart.