I encounteredGodthe summer I was five.My fatherhad finally grown too sick to get out of bed, so the heat and nervous tension in the air inside the house made it impossible to breathe. I would escape by squeezing underthe front porch. All manner of creatures lived there, but I mostly ignored them, with one exception — a littlefrogwho, every time I crawled (爬行) under the porch, stared at me with great, golden eyes.
In late June, the frog finally hopped (跳跃) toward my arm and stared at me, demanding eye contact. Once he had my attention, he opened his wide mouth and said, "Hello, Sophie."
I should have been shocked, but for some reason, I wasn't. Perhaps at five years old, I was more receptive to something againstthe laws of nature. At any rate, I was not shocked that a frog could speak. I had a more pressing question.
"How do you know my name?"
The frog blinked slowly. "I know everything. I am God."
I spoke, "You can't be God. You're too small."
He extended a long, webbed finger and was pointing to the edge ofthe porch's shadow— to the spot wheremy motherhad tried to grow flowers there for years. She had stopped trying when my father's condition worsened.
"Look there," commanded the frog, and I stared as a beautiful white flower blossomed as if stretching its limbs after a long sleep. In my five years, I had never seen anything so splendid.
God and I became goodfriendsthat summer. I spent every day under the porch, talking to him.
Sometimes I asked God questions. Sometimes he answered. Once, I asked him where Heaven was.
"Heaven," he said, "is where I live."
In August, my father'sillnesshad progressed to the point that I was sent to my aunt's housein Virginia. I told God I would be back soon, and then waited in Virginia for my father to get better.
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Six months later, I came back home for my father's funeral.
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Suddenly, an idea crossed my mind that my father might travel to Heaven.
