[Nell]

I was riding to work once with 3 sisters. They were into the "pray-reading" thing and I was sitting quietly in the back seat lost in thought or something. I just didn't join in...for no real reason that I can think of.

Soon the "prayers" for/at me started...Ooooohhhh Loooorrrddd....the oneness! The ONENESS Loooorrrrdddd! One sister in particular...pounding her fist into her hand and looking down, shaking her head...like RG did/does... Ooooohhhh Loooorrrrddd... . She just kept on and on...creeps me out thinking about it.

She didn't approve of me sitting quietly on the ride to work. She had her own "vision" of "oneness" and she was going to impose it on me in a not-so-subtle way. The more it went on, the more determined I was that I would NOT buckle to the pressure.

So this time, add to the cadence a "pray-shame" ritual.

Nell