Seize the Day. 250 Anecdotes and Stories 12+

📗 Print edition. This book contains 250 anecdotes and stories, including this one: Andrew Tobias and Charles Nolan were a happy gay couple for years until Mr. Nolan died. Soon after Mr. Nolan died, Mr. Tobias' mother, who was Jewish, also died. At the memorial service for Mr. Tobias' mother, Mr. Nolan's brother spoke. Mr. Tobias writes about "Charles' brother, a Catholic priest, who, when he got up from the audience to speak to the largely Jewish crowd, said he imagined my mom and dad and stepfather (also Jewish) and Charles (Catholic, but lapsed, and gay)-were now all likely in paradise having a fine and stylish old time together." Mr. Tobias noted to the Catholic priest (with a smile) that according to the Pope, perhaps none of them would gain admission to Heaven. Mr. Tobias writes, "To which he shot back-with a quiet conviction I get a little choked up recalling-'It's not his call.'"