John 11:35

This post reminded me of one of my few memories I still hold. I don’t have many memories. I really have “No Memory” – just moments of trauma that I’m not forced to relive, and yet, I still find myself going back to. Maybe it’s just boring to sit alone in a room, and when you lost your memory & too afraid to make new ones, you just end up retreading the same paths of pain that you at least know when to expect it so you don’t flinch like a bitch…

That turned into something different…now back to the memory.

If you don’t know, “John 11:35” is the Bible verse “Jesus wept.” Fun Fact: it’s the shortest verse in the Bible.

My memory around this occurs, I believe, in 4th grade. I’m pretty sure it was an assignment from Mrs. Ward. I think that was her name…

The assignment was to write your favorite Bible verse. I don’t really read the Bible, not then nor now, though I do plan to read it in the future; I’ve used the Bible in other ways, and… that’s not important right now. All of that said for me to explain i didn’t really hav