Marriage Seasons 01 - It Happens Every Spring by Palmer Catherine & Chapman Gary

Author:Palmer, Catherine & Chapman, Gary [Palmer, Catherine & Chapman, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781414311654
Amazon: 1414311656
Goodreads: 169584
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2006-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Probably He had vanished because she had stopped going to church and never read her Bible anymore. Despite years of faithful obedience and dedication to her faith, she could no longer bring herself to spend her time that way. God seemed far away and silent these days. Her prayers had changed too. Once she had been filled to the brim with gratitude and joy. After Steve slowly started abandoning her and then the kids left, she offered up heart-wrenching pleas for God's help and comfort. Despite all her agony and tears, nothing in her life had changed for the better. Now, when she thought about praying at all, her efforts at communication were simply grumpy, matter-of-fact requests for God's protection over her children. Brenda wasn't sure she even believed in prayer anymore.

About the time Nick began work on the basement, Brenda realized she had come to resent spending her Sundays listening to stories and sermons she'd heard since she was a child. So she just stayed home, even though it made Steve mad. He said if they didn't go to church together, it affected their standing in the community. She told him if it was that important, he could go stand in the community by himself.

"Brad doesn't like the fact that I give part of my paycheck to my parents," Ashley was saying when Brenda focused in again on the talkative young woman. "He thinks they should make their own way, and we shouldn't have to support them. But my folks did so much for me, you know? I mean, they paid for me to go to basketball camp and do beadwork and even get a car. None of that was easy on them. They work hard for every penny. The restaurant doesn't bring in as much income as people think, and when I was growing up, we always barely got by from week to week. I bet you're enjoying all that money Steve is raking in. I heard over at Just As I Am that you've remodeled your whole basement."

"Nearly," Brenda told her. "We still have to lay the vinyl flooring and install a potting bench to store my gardening tools and bags of peat. That will happen next week."

"You must be so proud of your husband-all the money he makes and how smart and cool he is. I mean, he's really pretty handsome for an older guy, if you know what I'm saying. Not that you two are old or anything, but Steve is nice-looking and polite and generous. You're working with A-1 Remodeling, aren't you?"

"Yes, and they're doing a great job."

"Nick LeClair is kind of cute, don't you think?"

A prickle ran up Brenda's spine, but she shrugged as if the name meant nothing. "I suppose so. Nick is nice, and he works hard. He's married, you know. He has a couple of kids and even grandkids. I think he loves his family a lot."

"You could hardly call Nick LeClair married," Ashley said. She lifted her hair off the back of her neck to feel the cool breeze from the lake.

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