Seeing Your Face Again
“Outside the spring weather had warmed the streets. Gentle breezes brought the promise of fresh life and quickened his spirit as usual. It seemed so wrong that he wasn’t living on the farm. Such weather shouldn’t be expended on concrete sidewalks and paved roads.
On the way home through the city, a thought had rushed through Alvin’s mind for the hundredth time this week. Oh how he longed to walk in the open fields at home, to feel the soft soil under the soles of his shoes, and to breathe in the... bracing wind as it blew over the plowed ground. That was how spring should be met and enjoyed—near the land as a farmer. He was still one of them at heart. Then why was he still here, living and working in the city? Alvin had no reasonable answer.
In fact, his mamm’s letter was still on the dresser unanswered. She’d be wondering what had become of him by now. Yet she probably knew him well enough to draw hope from his continued silence. Perhaps it meant he was thinking about the points she’d raised and didn’t want to rush into a decision.MoreLess
On the way home through the city, a thought had rushed through Alvin’s mind for the hundredth time this week. Oh how he longed to walk in the open fields at home, to feel the soft soil under the soles of his shoes, and to breathe in the... bracing wind as it blew over the plowed ground. That was how spring should be met and enjoyed—near the land as a farmer. He was still one of them at heart. Then why was he still here, living and working in the city? Alvin had no reasonable answer.
In fact, his mamm’s letter was still on the dresser unanswered. She’d be wondering what had become of him by now. Yet she probably knew him well enough to draw hope from his continued silence. Perhaps it meant he was thinking about the points she’d raised and didn’t want to rush into a decision.MoreLess
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