Shades of Blue by Kingsbury Karen

Author:Kingsbury, Karen [Kingsbury, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2009-10-27T04:00:00+00:00

THE BIBLE STUDY COULDN’T START OFF with her news. Laura let the others talk, while she focused on what she was going to say, how she was going to say it. The girls gathered around the coffee table in Megan and Joey’s condominium. Anna, Bella Joy, and Nelly sat on the sofa. Amy had the armchair, and Megan and Laura sat on dining room chairs pulled into the room for the occasion.

“My doctor wants to run some tests on me. One of my blood tests came back a little high.” Megan sounded hopeful. “I’m not worried, but … I wanted you to know.”

Amy leaned over and patted Megan’s knee. “It’ll be fine.” She looked at the others. “We’ll pray.”

“Thanks.” Megan managed a tentative smile. “I can’t afford to be off my feet. Not with four little ones running around!”

“If you need help, I’ll move in!” Bella Joy grinned at Megan. “I mean it. A month … two. Whatever you need.”

“If it goes that way, I’ll remember that.”

Amy’s eyes lit up. “By the way, I have good news about the twins. They got accepted to Orange Christian Elementary! The school offered us scholarships, so my mom and I can afford it!”

“I can’t believe they’re that old.”

“They’re five.” Amy’s pride over her girls shone in her eyes. She was a wonderful mother, never allowing herself to sound bitter or resentful over her own shattered social life or the sacrifices she’d made so that her girls would have a great life. “Kindergarten in the fall.”

Laura looked around the room and saw she wasn’t the only one feeling nostalgic over the fact that Amy’s daughters were already school age, and that they would be attending the same school where the six of them first met. But today Amy’s mention of the twins hit Laura on another level. How would Amy feel if she’d had an abortion? Laura felt an unfamiliar hurt for what Emma Landon must’ve gone through. Especially if Brad left her life without saying sorry.

“Time flies by after kindergarten.” Anna smiled. She rested her hand on her pregnant belly. “That’s what I’ve always heard, anyway.”

Bella Joy and Nelly listened without saying much. They didn’t have kids or husbands, so this sort of talk left them on the outs. Laura felt knots form in her stomach. She could picture herself — six months from now — having more in common with them than she’d ever imagined.

After another few minutes, Megan picked up her Bible. “We were in Luke, chapter 6. The part about loving our enemies.”

Laura reeled at the sudden impact of the verses. Last week the Scripture had been so many more verses. Love your enemies … be kind to those who harm you … show mercy … Last week those were merely tough truths that framed the existence of the Christian life. Now they were personal. Brad had hurt her, and tonight she didn’t feel like loving him. Even so, she needed the Scriptures. Life was crashing in around her, and she no longer knew whether Brad was the man for her, or even how she felt about him.

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