Make Haste Slowly by Amy K Rognlie

Author:Amy K Rognlie [Rognlie, Amy K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountain Brook Ink
Published: 2017-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Todd’s truck was already parked in front of C. Willikers when Mona and I pulled up.

Mona waved at him. “I love that man. If I wasn’t already taken—”

“And twenty years younger…”

She laughed. “I hope you get your table decorations done. Though with that handsome hunk hanging around—”

“’Bye, Mona.” I climbed out of the car, then stuck my head back in the door. “Give Rob a hug from me and tell him I’ll vote for his chili any day.”

She gave me a thumbs-up and floored her little car, narrowly missing Todd’s truck door as he climbed out.

“Whoa! Never a dull moment around you.” He grinned at me. “Here, I brought you something.”

He handed me a bright blue gift bag.

I studied his face for a moment but couldn’t read anything in his expression. Why was he giving me a gift? I pushed the glittery tissue paper aside and pulled out an enormous mug. It was tall and delicate, covered in a colorful floral design. “Looks like my cup of tea,” I quipped. “Thank you.”

He smiled at me, but his gaze was anxious. “I thought with everything going on, you might need a bigger tea mug than usual. I wish I could figure out who…or what—”

“I know.” I could only put everything aside for so long, and then I started trying to piece it all together again. But it never made sense. “I could use a cup of tea right now, actually.”

He followed behind me as I unlocked the door to the shop. I hadn’t brought the pugs with me today with all of the ruckus over Sherm, Nicole, and the baby.

I sighed as I flicked on the lights and flipped my closed sign to open. “I don’t even want to think about all of this right now.”

He sprawled on the couch in the book nook while I filled my electric tea kettle. “There must be some details we’re not connecting.”

I watered the philodendron while I waited for the kettle to boil, then moved on to Aunt Dot’s Christmas cactus. She had bequeathed it to me when I moved here, reminding me that it was older than she was and that since I had the green thumb in the family, I was now in charge of keeping it alive. It was looking happier now that I had moved it to the east window.

I poured the boiling water over my tea bag in my new mug. I hadn’t noticed the Scripture written on it when I first unwrapped it, but now I read it out loud. “Be still and know that I am God.”

“Good advice, huh?” Todd grinned at me across the room.

I joined him in the book nook, mug in hand. I intended to sit in the wingback chair, but he scooted over and patted the couch next to him.

“Yes,” I said, concentrating on settling myself without spilling my tea. “But why is it so hard to practice sometimes?”

He leaned back and laced his hands behind his head. “Because we’re human.”

“Because we think we’re in control.

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