Pentecost

Marcia asked if we'd all sing Happy Birthday together. There was a pause. That moment when you're not sure if you're supposed to, if it's allowed, if you're the right person to start. Children looked at each other. But then someone began, and then another, and then all of us were singing. The hesitation became sound. Joy and Bob handed out red scarves at the door. If you didn't have red on, they offered you one. By the time we settled in the hall, red was on shoulders, in han