Cartography

Wondering how you can lay out a person's disposition upon some sort of cartography, and map out the contours of their life from birth to death. The challenges, conflicts, points of congruence, love and change. The means by which we will stumble, fall, flourish and thrive.

Then we can lay our maps against each other's and know exactly when and why we'll fail to understand and appreciate each other's experience of the world - and each other. 'Of course,' we'll exclaim, and embrace one another in immediate forgiveness when we see the way our lines deviate and depart. 'What else could we expect?'

The Serpent. The Garden. The Tempter. He has stolen our maps, and we will rail against him with the intercessory might of Our Lady. Day after day, without fail.