ash wednesday

Being in a seminary, a lot of people pointed out that Beka had something on her forehead to be witty and ironic.

But then there was the person who blessed her and made the sign of the cross over her in the deli across the street, the person who said it looked nice (as if it were a fashion statement), the person who seemed more willing to ask me directions, the person who complimented me on being a good person for already having been to church (it was from the noon chapel), and the person near the end of the day who said, "Oh! Where'd you get those? I need to get me some of them!"