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Weekly Contest #29
As I try to live a good life in my adult years, I often think back to the day I learned the lesson of a morally correct lie from my father. I’m certain it was not the lesson he wanted to teach me at that time, but in my impressionable youth, that's exactly what he did.I grew up in the old days as a good Catholic. This was before all the scandal, before saying you were Catholic immediately drew titters and questions about “were you an altar boy?”. Yes, in fact, I was an altar boy. And no, the vaguest hint of abuse was neve...
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