Lion Head Mesa sons and daughters

Toula herself was raised to be perceptive to the demeanor of others. in politics, these nuances were important. Toula thought back to not so terribly long ago, when her father still lived and she was a small girl. had she been smaller than them, in this memory? she looked to the fellahin then, as her great father once had, and they moved to drape the long frond of a palm over their heads. 
Ra—he is the king of deities, and the father of creation, she informed them, He is the God of many things. the sun, power, light, to name a few, she spoke gently. 
and again, as her father before her had said once to her, she spoke: we are going to bless the river this day, as we greet Ra, and led their procession that way, mindful of their own smaller strides.