Lighting Candles I Don’t Believe In
When your family believes in the religion you’ve disavowed
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5 min readSep 7, 2018
“Wait a sec, babe,” I said, catching his hand as he made to carry on walking past the pale, glowing altar. “I want to light a candle for my grandpa.”
Notre Dame towered above the two of us—two small, dark figures among a sea of worshippers, tourists, and believers of every stripe…
