A cautionary tale with a modern twist?
Written by:
Jolene Rice
Michael Raven
Judy sat in her car looking at the address her GPS sent her to with disgust. Not only at the appearance of the rundown structure; at herself. Now she knew how Sarai or Elizabeth felt in the Bible. That feeling of crying out to God for help but feeling like God had forgotten her. The years of being able to bear children were drawing to a close with rapid speed.
Women who already had families or that flat-out didn’t want them called her desperate. Cringe worthy. Or less than a person because she wouldn’t just buck her ass up and deal with the cards life dealt her. Pathetic! Looking down on her with the same attitude she was using to look at this situation. Pathetic! What she was thinking about doing made GLP-1 shots look like child’s play.
Every picture, every story about new love and romance was about men her age or older dating twenty-five-year-olds. Starting new families. It was like once women became a certain age, they became invisible. Useless. Less than the already second class citizens status they already bore.
She could change that. Imagine if a scary-looking tiny-home at the end of the gravel road surrounded by old-growth trees and an herb garden growing goodness knew what; was the answer? Anger rose like bile at these thoughts. It was her turn to show society that she was not less of anything.
The moment her resolve was set, the heavens opened up with a downpour. This wasn’t God telling her not to do this, she told herself, it was God testing her dedication!
Part one
