Project: Girl Power by Melody Carlson

Author:Melody Carlson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Non-Fiction
Publisher: Zonderkidz

chapter nine

Are you running away from home?” Morgan’s mom asked.

Morgan grinned. “No, Mom.”

“Well, what’s with the duffel bag?”

“Just some things I don’t really need.”

“Like what?” Mom set her newspaper aside and peered curiously at Morgan.

“Just some clothes.” Morgan shrugged. “I have a lot of clothes, you know.”

“I know. But what are you going to do with those?”

“They’re for a friend.”

“A friend?”

Morgan sat down on the couch next to Mom now. “I can’t really give you all the details. But Emily doesn’t really have many clothes right now. I think they moved here in such a hurry that their stuff isn’t here yet, you know?”

Mom nodded. “Oh.”

“Yeah, and so I thought I could share. I mean, I don’t need all the clothes I have, and Emily’s been wearing the same jeans every day since she’s been here.”

Mom smiled. “Morgan, I think that’s a great idea. But Emily is a few inches shorter than you. Did you pick out things that will fit?”

“Yeah. In fact, I found some things I’d actually outgrown.”

“Is there anything else her family might need?” asked Mom. “You know that Grandma and I would be happy to share.”

“I don’t know,” admitted Morgan. “But I can ask Emily.”

“I hope this won’t make her feel embarrassed,” said Mom.

“I thought about that,” admitted Morgan. “I decided that I’m going to tell her it’s a God thing. And that God wants his children to share with each other. And so she can’t be offended. Unless she wants to get mad at God, that is. And I don’t think that’s such a good idea.”

Mom laughed. “No, I don’t think that’s such a good idea either. Let me know if we can help.”

Morgan put a duffel-bag strap over her shoulder and went outside. She hoped she didn’t run into Carlie or Amy just now. She wasn’t sure what she would say to them. More than anything, she wanted to respect Emily’s privacy. She knew that it had been hard for Emily to open up to her. It might be too much to have Carlie and Amy in on this too.

Morgan glanced both ways, but the neighborhood looked pretty quiet just now. So, shooting up a quick prayer, she darted down the street toward Emily’s house. And soon she was knocking at the door.

“It’s just me,” she called out. “Morgan!”

“Hi, Morgan,” said Emily, opening the door. “Come on in.”

“Sorry to just pop in unexpectedly again,” began Morgan. “I would’ve called…”

“What’s up?” asked Emily. “You moving in or something?”

Morgan laughed. “Not exactly.”

“So, what’s with the suitcase?”

“Well, I was doing some closet cleaning this afternoon, and I noticed that some of my clothes were getting too small. I think I’ve grown about three inches this past year. Even my feet got bigger. I used to wear size 6 shoes last fall, and now I’m wearing 8s. I hope they don’t keep growing.”

“I wear a 6,” said Emily.

“Yeah, so I was thinking maybe you could use some of these things.” Morgan set the bag on the floor with a thump.

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