A Leap of Faith For Christmas by Angela Lain

Author:Angela Lain [Lain, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-09T05:00:00+00:00

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The morning of the third day was much as the one before, except the snow seemed to have stopped falling for a while. April rose with the sun, to find Melody already feeding Cody, and both men absent from the house. She appreciated that these men were workers, they didn’t lie abed when work waited out in the dark of a winter morning.

While Melody saw to the baby, April made ready to cook breakfast. Biscuits once again, since they had no bread and no yeast, oatmeal for Cody and everyone else too, because it made supplies go further. She sliced bacon and hoped the men would bring eggs when they came in to eat. Supplies were dwindling, there was only bacon enough for one more breakfast, and she would dearly like to make bread. Maybe today they could return to town?

Jasper came in, carrying several eggs.

“Chickens are still trying, despite the cold.”

“That’s good, there is enough for one apiece.”

“Jasper can have mine,” Melody declared.

“I shouldn’t…” Jasper began.

“We are here in the warm, you are outside, working. You need the food.”

No-one could argue that truth.

In the end the men had two eggs, while the ladies made do with just bacon and biscuits. It was plenty.

“So what do we do today?” April questioned.

“Ah hah, I have a surprise for you. Get your jobs done and we will go out.” Harley rose from the table and exited with no more explanation.

Jasper slid Cody from his knee to sit on the rag rug with his bricks. “I had better go and milk the last two cows.”

He followed Harley out of the door.

The women cleared away the breakfast.

“I do hope we can soon get to town,” Melody said, “It is bad enough for me, but you will be considered…”

“Not at all the thing!” April completed the thought. “I know, but I believe it is too late to avoid that. I am more concerned that we get supplies. Bread would be lovely, and the means to make it too. These men have lived hand-to-mouth by the look of things. They don’t have proper supplies laid in for winter.”

“Or for Christmas.”

April glanced at her friend; that too was true, it was less than two weeks until Christmas. Would the men celebrate? Were they devout, church going men? She thought not, no grace had been offered at any meal, thus far. It wasn’t something which offended her greatly, her father had ceased to believe in the Lord after her mother had died. That didn’t mean she agreed with him, but it meant she accepted that just because someone didn’t have a strong faith, didn’t mean they were bad people.

However, given the opportunity, she would like to attend church, particularly at Christmas.

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