Made with Love by Tricia Goyer

Author:Tricia Goyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736961301
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers, Inc.

Eighteen

Before we speak we should think twice or perhaps keep on thinking.

AMISH PROVERB

Anna Miller slowly made her bed and smoothed the covers, scouring her brain to think of what she could do to get herself out of the house today. John was already up, either drinking a cup of coffee at the kitchen table or poking at Hope’s potted plants in the backyard. Maybe he was outside talking with Noah Yoder about the progress on the pie shop. The young man had a habit of stopping by every morning before he headed to the warehouse, taking time to chat with John over the white picket fence up front. Most mornings Lovina would join them, her cheeks as pink as the roses blooming in front of the house.

Anna shook her head. She didn’t know what she was going to do with her husband and daughter. When they set their minds on something they set after it with diligence. Then again, it was a trait she saw in all of her daughters. Just as determined as Lovina was about turning that old building into a pie shop, Hope was determined on learning how to make something grow in this southern climate. When in the world did the people in her family get so stubborn?

She could also hear Lovina humming away in the kitchen, and she wondered if her eldest daughter was going to be spending a lot of time home today. That could be a problem. It was easy to excuse herself from helping at the warehouse when Lovina was working there, but how was Anna going to face her daughter in her own kitchen?

Anna finished making the bed, and then she moved toward the small mirror above her dresser to check her kapp. Try as she might, Anna couldn’t make herself comfortable with what Lovina was doing. In the weeks she’d been working on the warehouse, Lovina had all but ignored the interest of Thomas Chupp, and instead she took on the doe-eyed look of a young woman falling in love. With Noah Yoder, of all people! How hard it had been for Anna to keep her mouth shut about the whole matter.

If Anna’s mother had taught her anything it had been not to say an unkind word. And Anna hadn’t. She’d held her tongue, and the only way she’d been able to do that was to keep herself far from Lovina’s work at the warehouse.

In the last few weeks she’d visited every sick person she could think of—even those she’d heard were just coming down with a cold. She’d taken part in a sewing frolic with the excuse of getting items ready for the Haiti auction in January. But now…what would she do if Lovina was going to spend the day at home?

Lord, give me patience and help me hold my tongue.

She shuffled out of the bedroom and the aroma of baking pie shells greeted her. Usually it was a welcome aroma, but today it simply caused a knot in the pit of her stomach.

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