Come In

By Daniel W. Shegrud

Imagine you are walking through a strange neighborhood when a storm begins to rage. You look for a safe place, but you don’t know which, if any, of the homeowners will take you in and which will pull out a shotgun and run you off. Your life to this point has taught you to believe that all homeowners are greedy, selfish, thoughtless louts whose only purpose in life is to exploit you, and nothing you have seen thus far has disabused you of that notion.

So where do you find shelter?

The short answer is that you don’t. You don’t knock on doors. You don’t ask for help. You don’t make yourself vulnerable. Instead, wrapping your fear around you like a cloak, you endure the storm and curse the people who are safe and warm in their homes. You don’t find shelter until someone from inside one of those homes cracks their door, extends a hand, and invites you to come in. Even then, your first instinct is to strike out at that hand and run away.

What else can you do?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daniel W. Shegrud
• Release date: Jul 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370575800

Daniel W. Shegrud

I'm from Renton, Washington, originally and except for two years in Rexburg Idaho and four months in Kingston, New York, lived there from 1960 (the year I was born) until 2008, when Mary and I moved to Spokane.Here are a few more ridiculously compelling details about me, in case you're interested: I have five sons, one daughter, 8-10 grand kids (it changes periodically) and a miniature poodle named Copper; I am a born-again believer in Jesus Christ; I love cookies; I have read more than two thousands books - novels, texts, tomes, manuscripts, what have you - in the last three decades; I love cooking; I love eating; I love eating other people's cooking; I spent more than two decades driving truck but now work as a Certified Nurse's Aid - it's often messier than driving, but more satisfying at the end of the day.

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Of The Point

Imagine you are at your neighbor’s house enjoying a backyard barbecue on a warm summer evening. All at once, the sky, which had been cloudless the last time you checked, lets loose with a downpour.

What do you do? You seek shelter inside your neighbor’s house, of course. In the process, you get their nice, clean carpets messy, but it’s okay because they are your neighbors, and you know you are welcome to mess up their carpets if the need arises.

Now imagine you are walking through a strange neighborhood when the storm begins to rage. You look for a place to wait it out, but you don’t