Cathryn Keller

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“Beulah Land” by Cathryn Keller

Submitted to Contest #218

Beulah Land By Cathryn Keller The blazing midday sun relentlessly beats on my head as I struggle to pull the stubborn weeds that dot the cracked sidewalk. I am part of a team of volunteers this “Make a Difference Day, 2023”, and our assignment is the one-block area surrounding the First Baptist Church and its neighbors, rickety shotgun houses that lean drunkenly on crumbling cinder blocks. From the open door of the nearby old red brick church, a tremulous voice can be heard accompanying the tinny piano. Hearing the familiar words, I am t...

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I am a southern girl, a teacher of the deaf, mom, Noni, wife and friend. Writing has always been my dream.