Ella's Wish
“They seemed to be lost in a haze of incomprehension. She sat down at the kitchen table, but her uneaten food had lost its appeal. The casserole would be long cold now, but it didn’t matter. Her mind was no longer on food. Before her the small faces of the girls refused to fade. She was to care for them. Is this an answer to prayer, an answer to my need?The empty house was quiet again, but if the girls were to come to her, that silence would soon be a thing of the past. By next week this house w...ill be full of people, life, energy, and children—as it is meant to be. Who would have thought of such a thing? She nibbled at the casserole, oblivious to how cold it was.Ella got up from the table, washed the dishes, and drained the water into the bucket below the sink when she was finished. She carried the bucket outside and behind the house, where the garden would be planted next spring, and dumped the contents into the darkness. How Da Hah continues to supply my needs! I am very unworthy of such grace.In her room Ella found her tablet by the light of the kerosene lamp.MoreLess
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