Ready or Not by Chautona Havig

Author:Chautona Havig [Havig, Chautona]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General Fiction
ISBN: 9781450590495
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2010-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Sunday, June 16th

Aggie’s clan filled a back pew, and Aggie had her hands full just trying to keep everyone quiet. By the end of the service, Aggie sorely missed the less formal service in Rockland. She debated making the weekly trek to the other congregation but knew that a local church family would be important.

The people were welcoming and friendly. More than one person asked if they were “all hers.” Aggie couldn’t wait until her family was no longer a novelty and could just be another family who happened to have a few more people than most. Aggie graciously refused half a dozen invitations to dinner knowing that there was no way someone was really prepared to feed all of them.

Ellie asked if they could buy lunch somewhere and walk over to the park to eat. Aggie, with no regard for how quickly Ian would become heavy, readily agreed. With every child carrying a bag of something, Aggie and the children almost ran to the park.

“Aunt Aggie, may I go play now?” Kenzie’s little face was covered in lunch, but Aggie had, unfortunately, forgotten to buy napkins.

“Go to the drinking fountain first, and try to wash your face. Try to keep the food from getting in the little basin though!” Aggie ended up calling out her instructions as the excited girl ran for the water.

Time passed slowly, as though too lazy to keep up with the day. After several minutes laying on Aggie’s chest as she swung gently in the swing, Ian drifted to sleep. She shrugged awkwardly out of the bolero she wore to cover her sundress and dropped it on the grass. While not as convenient as a blanket, and sure to be covered in grass stains before the afternoon was over, the jacket protected the baby’s face from the prickliness of the grass blades. He slept soundly, for which Aggie was grateful. The children were having much too much fun to drag them all away for Ian’s nap.

Aggie watched her little clan play all the games that she and Tina had played over the years. Freeze Tag, Hide and Seek, Mother May I-- all the games that punctuate childhood rang out across the grass and through the trees. When the twins grew tired, Laird ran to the van to retrieve a blanket he remembered seeing that morning. While the younger children slept, Aggie played every game she could remember, and even taught them a few that they didn’t know. It seemed to her that they were healing. Routines were developing into a new norm for all of them. It was going to be all right.

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