#shadows break

I was standing in line in a Starbucks in Newark, Delaware, when an ambulance in business mode hied down Main Street, weaving its way through traffic.  The girl in front of me, who looked to be about college age, made a furtive sign of the cross, which I haven't seen anyone do that under those circumstances in a long, long time.  I don't know that there's many people my age who would still make the gesture, so I was surprised to see it done by someone so much younger than me, but it looked like a reflex action so it may have been a tribute to a grandparent as much as anything.