LJ Idol Week 12: Seven Sundays to Salvation

From the moment of her conception, Adriana's mother, Lucia, had stood before her altar, in front of the wooden crucified Christ, and she'd asked, not for a beautiful baby, but for a baby with the wisdom of Solomon. Amid the dirty streets of the Eastern Bronx, on Mansion Street, where a pair of shoes still hung from telephone wires, Lucia, in her shared one-bedroom apartment, had kneeled and prayed.

So, Adriana Karina Lopez was born with the weight of King Solomon on her shoulders, and the hopes and dreams of her mother on her head. Which is to say, that from the moment Adriana first came into the world, she had quite a lot to live up to.

It followed then, that when Father Jose stood at the front of the altar to offer salvation, Adriana was going to say yes.( Read more... )