It Really IS a Wonderful Life: The Snowflake Falls but Hearts in Love Keep a Home Warm All Year Long by Linda Wood Rondeau
Author:Linda Wood Rondeau [Rondeau, Linda Wood]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Books & Bibles, Christian Living, Holidays, Christmas, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Military, Romantic Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Inspirational, It Really is a Wonderful Life
Amazon: B00A1AOUZA
Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
Published: 2013-10-20T05:00:00+00:00
Saturday morning breakfast with Pop was among the few things Jamey looked forward to since returning to Midville. How much better he and Pop got along as adults than during Jamey’s rebellious teenage years.
Now that he’d grown up, he understood his contribution to his turbulent relationship with Pop. Maybe they’d have gotten along better if Jamey had been compliant, like his brother Mike. Everyone called him, “the good son.” Well, where was that good son now? Ironic that the prodigal came home and the faithful stayed away.
This morning, though, Pop could barely feed himself and seemed too weak to manage the chair. “Pop, shouldn’t you be in bed?”
He took off his oxygen cannula. “Darn thing … gets in the way.”
“Don’t try to talk so much.”
“Have to … son. The doctors … have done … all they can. I’ve stopped chemo.”
How could he bear to lose Pop now, when they’d finally become friends?
“It’s okay … I’m ready … to go. I’m worried about you.”
“Me?”
Pop leaned forward. “I’ve placed a … a burden on your shoulders.”
“Don’t say that. I chose to come home. You didn’t make me.”
“The business isn’t … for you.”
“I’m doing fine.”
“But your heart’s not in it, boy.”
Jamey sighed. He’d failed Pop yet again. “Are you still sore because I majored in theater instead of business like you wanted me to?”
“Not … any more. You’ve done me proud, Jamey. Wrong of me … to ask you to give up so much.”
“What else could you do? You couldn’t ask Mike.”
“Not with a wife … and kids. He’s a better … principal than a businessman.”
The implicit stung—Pop thought teaching the more honorable profession.
Pop’s chest heaved with another coughing spell.
“You should rest.”
“In a minute. Listen to me … if Junior Harwood wants the business … sell it to him.”
Words he’d hoped to hear for so long—yet, words that soured if Pop said them against his convictions just to please Jamey. Funny how the thing you thought you most wanted turns out to be the thing you least desire.
The tears fell as the men, father and son, embraced.
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