you wake up one morning and god has forgiven you and you walk around squinting all day because you 've forgotten how sunlight feels warm and rough against your skin like a kiss on the cheek from your dad , and the whole world is brighter and cleaner than ever before , like central alabama has been put in the washing machine for two weeks and cleaned with extra-superstrength detergent with color brightener , and now the grass is greener and the bufriedos are crunchier .