Heart Full of Love by Kathleen Fuller

Author:Kathleen Fuller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2014-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Edna finished drying the last of the supper dishes and returned them to the cabinet. Ephraim was already in the living room, reading the paper, as was his habit in the evening. She looked out the kitchen window at the orange-and pink-streaked sky. This window always allowed her a perfect view of gorgeous sunsets. It was her idea to put the window here when Ephraim built the house. But since Ellie’s accident she didn’t glean much pleasure from seeing the color-soaked skies at the end of the day. How could she, when her daughter would never see another sunset?

She clenched the damp kitchen towel. Ellie and the babies were never far from her thoughts. Neither was the hurt from the fact that they had sent her away. She’d thought they would have at least visited, but she hadn’t seen Ellie since the night Christopher asked her leave. Ellie wasn’t able to attend church yet, not until the babies were a little older. Last Sunday she’d had to field questions about the babies and Ellie, which only drove the pain further home. Of course she never let on that she hadn’t seen them.

Never mind that Ephraim had offered to go with her to see the babies. He’d only seen them once since they were born, and he’d mentioned several times wanting to visit. But Edna refused. She hadn’t shared the reason she’d come home that night, just telling her husband that Ellie and Christopher were able to take care of the babies by themselves. She couldn’t even admit to her husband how deeply her daughter had hurt her.

She was about to join Ephraim in the living room when she noticed a buggy pulling into the driveway. As it neared she realized who it was. She brought her hand to her chest. Ellie and Christopher.

She attempted to steady her heartbeat by breathing slowly and promised herself she would watch her tongue. Even though she had stayed away, she had longed to see the babies, and now that they were here, she didn’t want to say anything that would make Ellie leave. She wanted to be sure the twins were healthy. She had prayed for them constantly while she was away from them.

A sudden panic came over her. What if something was amiss and that’s why Ellie and Christopher were here? She flew out of the kitchen and through the back door, meeting them just as Christopher brought the buggy to a halt.

“What’s wrong?” she blurted. “What happened to the bopplis?”

Ellie’s brow furrowed over her beautiful, unseeing eyes. “Nix, Mamm. They’re fine.”

“Oh, thank God.” She saw them nestled in Ellie’s arms. Immediately she took Julia from her. “I’ve missed you,” she cooed to the baby. She glanced at Irene. They seemed to have grown while she was gone.

Christopher came over to the other side of the buggy and took Irene from Ellie, then helped her out of the buggy. But Edna hardly noticed their movements as she checked over Julia to make sure she was okay.

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