Most Wanted Dad by Arlene James

Author:Arlene James
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Maybe I spoke too quickly,” the minister said. “Perhaps you don’t want Mattie baby-sitting.”

Evans shook his head. “It’s not that really. It’s just…” He shook his head again, at a momentary loss for words. “She’s, um, been talking about getting her own car, and I’m just not ready for that yet.”

Bolton bent and reached into the ice chest, coming up with a cola, which he handed to Evans before going back for another. “I think I know how you feel. Letting go really is hard to do.”

Evans popped the top on his drink. “You don’t seem to have much trouble with it.”

Bolton straightened, laughing. “You should’ve felt the bottom drop out of my stomach when my kid practically threw herself out of my arms and into Mattie’s.”

Evans sipped his drink, smiling. “Yeah, I remember that feeling well. Seems like it was only yesterday that it happened to me.”

Bolton sighed. “That’s the way of it all right. I suspect those memories, the immediacy and intensity of them, are God’s way of sharpening our joy—and also of teaching us how impermanent this life is.”

“You can say that again,” Evans agreed. “It not only changes, it changes fast. Trust me.”

Bolton slugged back about half his drink, sighed with pleasure and smiled at Evans. “I think you’re a man whose friendship I should definitely cultivate. You can terrify me about all the traumas I have ahead of me.”

Evans laughed, relaxing. “If I were you, I’d run like the dickens in the opposite direction, bury my head in the sand and live in blissful ignorance as long as possible.”

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