Homeless Man Speaks

PHILIP
“Do you believe in God?”

TONY
“Yes, because otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”

PHILIP
“What do you mean that you ‘wouldn’t be here’ ?”

TONY
“Let me put it this way. My mother told me that if it wasn’t for God, I wouldn’t be here. I’m just telling you what she told me. Besides, I wouldn’t have let my wife go if there was no God.”

PHILIP
“What do you mean by that?”

TONY
“I’ll tell you what I mean: I’d be wearing her ashes around my neck instead of giving them to my daughter. But since I know I’ll be joining her up in Heaven, I don’t need to keep her ashes with me right now.”

This entry was posted on January 11, 2007 at 3:22 pm and is filed under ashes, believe, God, Heaven, mother, my wife, ontology.