A Benediction
“A Benediction” was sourced from Gunnar Gunnarsson’s The Good Shepherd, The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1940.
Anne McGrath is a Best American Essays 2020 Notable, Pushcart Prize nominee, and the recipient of fellowships from Vermont College of Fine Arts and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, River Teeth, Ruminate, and other publications. Find her on Instagram @TheAnneMcGrath.