Rejoice by Karen Kingsbury; Gary Smalley

Author:Karen Kingsbury; Gary Smalley
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Inspirational, Fiction
ISBN: 9780842386876
Publisher: Gale Group
Published: 2004-03-31T22:00:00+00:00

him was stronger than her desire to hate him.

That has to be you, God.

Yes, daughter, pray.., pray often.

The response was a subtle whisper, a reassurance that, in

191 kingsbury smalley deed, her feelings of hope and grace toward her husband were nothing she had mustered up on her own. Brooke closed her eyes. Be with him, God. He's been mean and awful, but I know he has to be hurting. Maybe even hurting himself. She remembered how his hands had trembled back at the hospi tal that night, the night he told her he wanted a divorce. Maybe her family's suspicions were right; maybe he was taking some thing to numb the pain. A sigh made its way through her clenched teeth. Help me look for ways, Lord, ways to include him, to bring him back to me and the girls. Sometimes it all feels so hard. A faint scent of vanilla brushed her senses and reminded her of the day's warmth, the progress she'd seen with Hayley. Peter would come around eventually, and when he did, he would see how wrong he'd been. She yawned and rolled onto her side. Watching Cinderella with the girls had been the closest thing to a normal night they'd shared since Hayley's accident. Maddie had been so sweet, clasping her hands and squealing about how wonderful it was that the prince had returned, how happy that life would have a happy ending after all. As sleep found her, Brooke allowed herself to remember the days when Peter wouldn't have considered missing such a night, back when he'd been every bit her Prince Charming. Her last : thought was a simple one. A wish, really. That somehow God . would change Peter's heart--the same way he'd changed hers-- and that one day soon they'd stumble onto the best part. The part where the prince would come back and they would all live happily ever after. 192 193 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN FROM THE MOMENT THEY ARRIVED in Manhattan, Eliza beth felt better than she had since summer. The family had four adjoining rooms at the Marriott Marquis in the theater district of Manhattan's Midtown West area--Kari and Ryan and Jessie in one room, Erin and Sam next to them, Ashley and Cole and Maddie in the third room, and Elizabeth and John in the fourth. Brooke and Hayley would stay with Ashley when they arrived on Tuesday. Once they were all checked in, they had dinner at the hotel and firmed up plans for the week. "This is gonna be the bestest fun time," Cole announced that night. And so it was. On Sunday, Luke and Reagan joined them on a tour of the city, complete with a visit to the Statue of Liberty and a cruise around the harbor. It was the first time Elizabeth had been to the city since the terrorist attacks, and she and the others were quiet as they took in the changed skyline. "Still makes you want to cry, doesn't it?" She leaned her head on John's shoulder, her voice a whisper.

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