Challenge Day 13: Childhood

“I’ve always wanted to be a Catholic priest,” she said.

“I’m sure you would have been a great priest”, he smiled

Nancy turned her chair in the opposite direction.

 “Now, let’s pretend I’m the priest and you’re coming to confess your sins. I turn around so that I can’t see you. Tell me about all your sins. Let’s start with your childhood.”

“I was the only child in my family for six years. I was living a very safe and protected life among adults,” he started.

“Cut the crap, Tom. I’m the priest. I only want to hear the bad stuff.”

“When I was 10 years old, I stole apples from the neighbor’s garden”

“Stealing is not good, Tom. I hope you’re not doing it anymore. But with all the wars and hunger around the world, do you think God worries about a kid stealing apples? Tell me some really bad and naughty stuff.”

“When I was 12 years old I noticed a tickling feeling in my crotch when I climbed the ropes in the gymnasium in a special way.”

“That’s when you discovered masturbation.”

“It’s a sin, isn’t it?”

“No, not at all. Everybody should do that.”

 “When I was 14 years old, I was on a summer camp for kids. We  peeped at the girls in the shower through the keyhole.”

“That’s natural at that age. I bet the girls were watching you through the key hole in the boys’ shower too. The priests  and monks are doing this all the time, and they don’t stop with the peeping.”

“You don’t sound like a priest to me,” he said.

“ I’m the first ever female priest in the Catholic Church. I’m doing things differently.”