A Season for Love by Rachel Harlin

Author:Rachel Harlin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, loss, depression, kiss, death, christmas, ice, dance, daughters, snow, clean romance, thanksgiving, renewal, heartache, embrace, sledding
Publisher: Rachel Harlin

Chapter 5

Thanksgiving Day dawned with a bustle of excitement and as Alice had predicted, everything in the kitchen went smoothly. Rhianna helped wherever she could and found it easy to become swept away in the positive energy everyone seemed to have. Still, she couldn’t help feel lonely and sad at times. Jerrick seemed to sense her distress and tried to dispel it at every opportunity. Yet, she found it difficult to push away the fact that this would be her first Thanksgiving without Scott.

Early that morning, she awoke and cried in the shower, hoping to relieve the tension she may feel later during the day. It seemed to do the trick. At least she wasn’t so close to tears. That is, until everyone sat down at the long table in the dining room for the grand feast. Brent cleared his throat to get everyone’s attention. What had once been a room full of lively excitement was suddenly a room filled with silence.

“Since today is the day we celebrate this great land we live in and the freedoms we enjoy, it is only appropriate that we express the thanks we hold in our hearts. So, I’ll start.” Brent looked at everyone at the table in turn and smiled. “I’d first like to express my thankfulness for my wife and family and for our lovely additions this year.”

Rhianna knew Jerrick’s father said more but she heard nothing else. Though Thanksgiving was known as a day for giving thanks, she usually managed to forget the true purpose of the holiday. So much of the attention of the day focused on the meal and all the preparations for it. But the holiday was originally established for giving thanks; she simply neglected that part most years.

As Brent finish, Alice began to express her thankfulness. The thought occurred to Rhianna that every member at the table would be expressing their grateful feelings for the blessings they enjoyed. Silently she counted the people between her and Alice. There were two; Joseph and Jerrick. Could she ask if they could come back to her? No. Of course not. What should she say? What was she thankful for? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. What had life given her? Everything she had been given had been violently ripped out of her grasp. How could she possibly be thankful for that?

She held no one person responsible for her loneliness in life. She had resigned herself to being miserable long ago, but as she watched this family express gratitude for their blessings, she had a sudden desire to want to be thankful for something.

It was Joseph’s turn. “I’m thankful for the snow and fun uncles.”

Jerrick’s turn.

She began to panic. She was next and had nothing to say. Her heart beat quickened with anxiety and beads of perspiration gathered on her neck.

“I’m thankful that Rhianna, Lark and Lavender agreed to come and share Thanksgiving with us,” Jerrick said.

“Me too!” exclaimed Lavender, who sat on Rhianna’s other side.

Jerrick chuckled and continued. “I’m also thankful for a good job and a wonderful family who supports me.

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