Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: Arguing

“Black rotary phone off receiver with white numbers” by Quino Al on Unsplash

“I can’t talk as good as you can.”

I remember my father saying this to me as early as ten or eleven. His comment would come when he wanted me to call some office for him, to make an appointment or some other official business. He used to talk about how he was just a “poor old farmer”.

And while there is something alluring about being asked…