When Hope Blossoms
“Adri had fallen asleep on the three-minute drive home and hadn’t even awakened when Mom carried her upstairs and changed her into a nightgown. How could her sister fall asleep so fast and sleep so hard? Sometimes Bekah envied Adri.
She picked up the hairbrush from the dresser. Her hair snapped and crackled with static as she brushed it. “Mr. Roper’s really nice, isn’t he, Mom?”
Mom paused halfway across the room. A slow smile crept up her cheek, making her lose some of her tired look. “...He’s a very nice man. God blessed us with a very helpful neighbor.”
Bekah continued to run the brush through her hair as she ambled toward her own bed, where her nightgown waited, folded neatly beneath her pillow. “I think we should do something nice for him. To thank him.”
Mom leaned against the doorjamb, her eyes twinkling. “Like what? Bake him some cookies?”
Bekah made a face.MoreLess
She picked up the hairbrush from the dresser. Her hair snapped and crackled with static as she brushed it. “Mr. Roper’s really nice, isn’t he, Mom?”
Mom paused halfway across the room. A slow smile crept up her cheek, making her lose some of her tired look. “...He’s a very nice man. God blessed us with a very helpful neighbor.”
Bekah continued to run the brush through her hair as she ambled toward her own bed, where her nightgown waited, folded neatly beneath her pillow. “I think we should do something nice for him. To thank him.”
Mom leaned against the doorjamb, her eyes twinkling. “Like what? Bake him some cookies?”
Bekah made a face.MoreLess
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