Twelve-year-old Mercy defies her father''s rule not to walk barefoot at home until he''s refinished all the old floors. The splinter that sticks deep in her toe as a result becomes more painful as she navigates anger, guilt, and alienation. . . having withheld the truth from him. During Easter Vigil, through the healing of story-telling, tea-drinking, and a sail in the moonlight, we (along with she) are reminded of the limitless joy in creating from our hearts-which only happens when we love without conditions
