Past Forward- A Serial Novel: Volume 6 by Havig Chautona

Author:Havig, Chautona [Havig, Chautona]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Createspace
Published: 2013-08-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 197

November-

The house is quiet, but I can’t sleep. I can’t go outside and sleep on the porch swing, or I would. It would settle me. I can’t pray anymore. Seems strange to say that, but I can’t. I’ve been praying for two hours and I think I’ve probably put God to sleep, but I’m still wide awake.

Sharing this house with so many other people is stretching me. Someone is ALWAYS talking. Well, except at one-thirty in the morning. Right now, no one says a word, and my brain can relax. Now I know what Mother meant when she’d tell me to go tell my stories to the dog for a while. She meant that she needed silence.

I can’t get that woman’s words out of my mind. What Aggie said—about people criticizing her parenting—it bugs me. I want to find these people and ask them if they want the job of raising their sister’s eight children. I want to ask them if they will like having everyone harping on their decisions. If she lets the kids roam free, someone will say she’s too lenient. If she keeps them close to home, she’s too strict. If she balances the two perfectly on the fine string that seems to exist, I bet there’ll be someone who says she’s wishy-washy and needs to choose which side to follow. It’s just ridiculous.

I asked her about Alexa and the comment about it being ‘fine’ for Liam to run into her like that. She understood why it bothered me that Alexa would interrupt my correction. He shouldn’t be allowed to plow into people. Alexa meant well, though. Aggie says people are uncomfortable when children get corrected for things like that, so they try to head it off by telling the parents that they’re not upset. She also says she just corrects her kids anyway. I guess I will in the future. I wasn’t going to jump down the poor lad’s throat. I just wanted to remind him to be gentle with people. Soon it’ll be Kari walking around furniture and getting her head slammed into the coffee table because he’s too exuberant.

Now I feel sleepy. Only ten minutes until Chad gets home. I’ll wait for him.

Next week is Becca’s wedding. I’m so excited about that. Oh, and on an unrelated note, Tavish has taken over milking Redundant. I kind of miss it, but it’s good for him to be able to do that. We’re going to make soap tomorrow. Vannie, Laird, Tavish, and Ellie are going to help as part of a science project. They’re very excited to use the lye we made when they first arrived. It’s all ready to go. We put it in the jar yesterday. The kids were amazed that ashes, oil, and milk make soap. If they’re here long enough, I’ll have to show them candling too.

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