a year of silence

4/21/14

  I was recently over a friend's house for dinner. As is her family's custom, a moment of silent prayer was observed before the meal. After the obligatory silence her young son, who was seated to my right, turned to me and said, "You breathe really loud."
  He was gently chastised by his mother for making the observation. But he was right, i do breathe really loud...