Ruth. A lesson in hope. Or in not giving up. Or in the power of a mother-in-law. Or something. Anyway, just what I needed today. Last week I started back to church after an absence of a few months. (The up-north bunch made me go.) Didn't want to attend today, tried to sleep in but failed, and that was a good thing. Go ahead and read it, it's very short. I double-dog dare you.