A Vow to Cherish
“Light from March’s full moon streamed in through the thin curtains, glaring harshly in his wide-open eyes. He flopped onto his back and yanked on the blankets, pulling them over his face. He expelled a breath that came back on his face hot and moist.In the bed beside him, he heard Ellen’s even breaths as she slept peacefully—a mixed blessing. Chances were she’d be up and wandering the house about the time sleep finally overtook him.Ellen had caused him yet another dilemma. He sighed again. That... wasn’t fair. Poor Ellen couldn’t help what had happened to her. But that didn’t change the fact that John was in a quandary. The district conference for school administrators was to convene in Springfield early in March. John planned to leave after work on a Wednesday and would not return until Sunday evening. It struck him that in all the years since Ellen had become ill, he’d never once left her for more than a few hours.At the beginning of February Ellen’s condition had deteriorated to the point that John had hired two retired nurses from their church to come in and stay with her part of each day.MoreLess
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