Her Brother's Keeper (2015)
“She allowed her eyes to drift in Mary’s direction. Their cousin didn’t seem to know much about gardening, and she’d been whining all morning about the heat. Her dress was a wrinkled mess even though Hannah had put an iron in the guest bedroom. And once again, her cousin’s kapp was lopsided.
“Ach, much deeper, dear.” Mamm lifted herself up off the dewy soil and walked to where Mary was pitifully trying to plant the flowers. “Like this,” Mamm said as she lifted the plant from its shallow buri...al, then dug a hole half the depth of her spade.
“Sorry.” Mary hung her head for a few moments before she looked up. “I guess gardening was never really my thing. Y’all are much better at this.”
No kidding. And there was that strange word again—y’all. Hannah didn’t harp on it, but let her thoughts slip back to a year ago, when Ethan had helped her put the garden in and plant flowers in the beds. Mamm had taken ill, and for a few days Ethan had come over after his shift at the lumberyard to help her.MoreLess
“Ach, much deeper, dear.” Mamm lifted herself up off the dewy soil and walked to where Mary was pitifully trying to plant the flowers. “Like this,” Mamm said as she lifted the plant from its shallow buri...al, then dug a hole half the depth of her spade.
“Sorry.” Mary hung her head for a few moments before she looked up. “I guess gardening was never really my thing. Y’all are much better at this.”
No kidding. And there was that strange word again—y’all. Hannah didn’t harp on it, but let her thoughts slip back to a year ago, when Ethan had helped her put the garden in and plant flowers in the beds. Mamm had taken ill, and for a few days Ethan had come over after his shift at the lumberyard to help her.MoreLess
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