Heaven and Hell

It's her birthday. Over lunch, she chuckles explaining how she got roped into running the Ministry of Meals.

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"I go to church once in a blue moon", she says. "So I'm surprised when I'm asked to take over the church meals' program. "I think to myself 'It can't be that hard', so I say yes. That was before I knew about the banner and presentation for the regional church conference. I'm not handy, you know, I couldn't sew a banner to save my life. But I went to a craft store and went to four masses last Sunday and asked for volunteers. So now we'll have a banner. And I got volunteers for 'meals on demand'--when there is a family in crisis who needs some home cooking for awhile.

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"It's a tough job", she smiles, "managing the Ministry of Meals, but someone's got to do it."

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Then once all this is discussed and conveyed in Catholic detail, my friend Liz takes her leave so she won't miss the Naughty Nighties party later that evening.

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"Is it more than lingerie?", I ask her.

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"Oh yes" she replies, "all kinds of paraphernalia".

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From the Ministry of Meals to Naughty Nighties-- all in a day's work.