“Lucy Donnelly” Kim paused as the second girl got to her feet, quietly putting her chair under the desk and walking over towards the door. “Vic...oria Wilcox” Kim called six names in all and Bryony watched as they made their way down the corridor and towards Miss Campbell’s office. Her shock was short-lived as the bell went to signal the start of the first lesson of the day. She dismissed her form group, who left the room in a much calmer manner than usual, and made her way to her lesson of the. Ron sat in the back, Jean in the front. As we all talked, mainly about Ron and his health, and how he was going to get on. Sometimes Ron would change the conversation to ask what I had been up to! Both, Jean and I would look at each other in embarrassment. The car journey was about twenty minutes from the hospital to home. I helped Ron out of the car and in to the house. I asked Ron if he needed any further help, to which he replied, “No… thanks Bob… but come round later for a drink and a. I shut the door and went to my desk. I opened the top, left-hand drawer and extracted two items that I handed to Michelle.“A prayer book and a prayer rope!” she smiled.“Yes, I figured you should have your own prayer book. The «chokti» or «metanii» is the Orthodox version of your rosary, though the prayers are different. There’s a small pamphlet inside the prayer book which will explain it.”“The ‘Jesus Prayer’? Mother Christophora instructed me to pray that constantly, such that it becomes a. She’s just plain crazy!”“If Angie isn’t comfortable, I think it’s best if we don’t go.”“OK.”We arrived at Wendy’s and placed our orders. Angie knew my situation, so as she usually did, she paid for her lunch, and Anna paid for hers. When we received our food, we sat down and after a quick prayer, we began eating.“Angie has told me so much about you,” Anna said, as she handed Kyle a French fry to munch.“I’m not all that interesting,” I said. “Mostly I go to class, study, go to church, and take.