Article June 14, 2010 ISSUE

A red string, God's love, and healing

BY APRIL MATTSON

I tried pressing my fingers apart, sitting on them, wearing gloves, and even running cold water over them. Nothing stopped the itching, at least not for long. I was in seventh grade and had a severe case of poison ivy.

"Why don't you walk over to Grandma's," Mom suggested. As a Christian Scientist, I was relying on prayer for healing but hadn't prayed much myself. I expected my parents' prayers to do the job.

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April Mattson manages a learning center and lives in Randolph, Massachusetts.

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