Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
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A Story from the Warmest Wishes: Dreamspinner Press 2018 Advent Calendar
The festival of Tulsi Vivah ushers in the Hindu wedding season and tears away the love of Kristopherās life. Three years of passion and tenderness are reduced to a shameful skeleton in the closet as Arjuna submits to the marriage his parents have arranged for him. His family has never even heard Kristopherās name.
The festival, a ritualistic wedding between the holy basil plant, Tulsi, and her eternal lover, Vishnu, is as much of a play-act as Arjunaās upcoming nuptials, but he believes the wedding will honor his parents and please Vishnu. So why is his Tulsi plantāwhose leaves heal and bless the devout, who is Vishnuās representative on earthādying? Arjuna tends to her with all the care of a concerned parent, but it might take more than his devotion to saveā¦
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