An Amish Family Christmas by Leslie Gould

Author:Leslie Gould
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Amish—Fiction;Christian fiction;Christmas story; FIC042050, FIC053000, FIC058000
ISBN: 9781493418923
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2020-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

On Monday evening, Noelle traipsed through the snow to Salome’s house and asked if she wanted to go to the cardiologist appointment the next morning. Salome assured her she didn’t. “You can handle this,” she said. “My back still isn’t doing well.”

“Does that mean I’ll be doing the market again?”

“Jah. It’s just three more days.”

Noelle turned to go but then stopped and faced her sister again. “We haven’t found a place to have Family Christmas. How about if we just have it in the shed? We can get the church wagon benches and put them around in a big circle.”

“The Beyers are using the benches for their gathering,” Salome said. “Besides, if we did that, I’d end up doing all the work.”

Noelle didn’t bother to say that she’d do everything. Cook the turkeys and hams. Set up. Clean up. All of it, if she needed to. “Aren’t our sisters and their families planning on getting together?”

Salome shook her head. “They’ve all left messages on my machine, and I’ve called everyone back to tell them we’re not doing it.”

Noelle’s heart sank. “But what about Dat? He wants us to get together. He’ll be disappointed.”

Salome sighed. “I don’t think he will. He told me he doesn’t feel up to much these days. You’re right—he’s worse than I’d realized. I think it will be a relief for him too.”

Flabbergasted, Noelle stuttered, “That’s not what he’s said.”

“Nothing lasts forever. There are seasons in life and this one has ended.” Salome crossed her arms. “You’d better go check with LuAnne about who’s looking after Dat the next three days. I think Paul will be gone for most of Thursday. I’m not sure the same schedule will work.”

Deflated, Noelle said, “I’ll go talk to LuAnne.” As she left Salome’s, she realized she was looking forward to working at the market on Thursday. She wanted to see if she could sell even more products than she had the week before. And she wanted to see Holly and Carlos. And, even though it was hard to admit it, there was a part of her that wanted to see Jesse too.

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