Falling From The Sky
When we found out our daughter had gone deaf, I did not question God’s fairness — not out of faith, but because my whole life it had always seemed that at the next moment terrible news would fall from the sky — as punishment, perhaps, for a particular transgression, but more likely because whatever you think could never happen, must happen. And in this way, you know clearly there is a world you do not see.
Suddenly
A thousand seagulls rise off the river behind my classroom. Facing the back windows, I watch the birds fly above my students’ heads, which — turned toward me, or our text, or their texting — do not witness the synchronized ascent. Sometimes remarkable things happen inside a classroom, but more often outside it.
“Falling from the Sky” and “Suddenly” are from Two Worlds Exist, by Yehoshua November. Copyright © 2016 by Yehoshua November. Reproduced by permission of Orison Books, Inc. (orisonbooks.com).
