The Second Half by Lauraine Snelling

Author:Lauraine Snelling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2016-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

Back at their house, Marit drove in and stopped. “We’re heading on home, church tomorrow but no Sunday school. Need to get baths and all that. Thanks for coming with.” Marit added, “By the way, Mom and Dad, don’t worry about Jake’s tantrum or his thumb-sucking. With all he’s gone through, he’s doing well.”

“Guess we’re seeing your expensive college education in action, teacher.” Mona sounded as proud as Ken felt.

“I think so. Night.”

“Thanks for the ice cream,” Ken called. The two kids dutifully followed Ken’s example and walked with him and Mona to the house, waving as they walked.

Ambrose thwacked him with his tail, and Ken leaned over for the ritual greeting, no matter how long or short a time they’d been gone. “Where’s your buddy, or are we going to hear a scream from the kid again?”

Later with the kids in bed and the other two in their normal places—Hyacinth on Mona’s lap and Ambrose snoring beside the recliner—Ken exhaled as if from his toes.

Mona looked up from her laptop. “That bad?”

“I’m in need of a break, and they’ve not been here two weeks yet.”

“Bible School starts Monday, so you’ll have that time alone. Unless, of course, you are planning on assisting at VBS?”

He felt his eyes widen. “You’re kidding, right? You didn’t volunteer me for something?”

“No, but they always need help, and grandpas are always in big demand.”

“Not this grandpa. And I told Magnus tomorrow I would help him put up those shelves and some other stuff.”

She nodded. “I had forgotten that. You want tea? Iced is in the fridge, but if you are thinking hot, I’ll start it. I need to do some other things in there anyway.” She set her laptop on the coffee table.

“Hot, some of that chamomile mix. Thanks, hon.”

He could hear her banging around in the other room but didn’t even have the energy to offer to help. They hadn’t walked for a week now, and the week before the kids came, they walked every evening if not in the morning. Even with all the craziness at the office, they’d taken time to go walk. This has to stop or I will have to join the gym. Or walk by myself. That might be the answer until they got some kind of a routine going here.

“Here you go.” She set his steaming mug on the coaster waiting for it. Setting her own mug down, she collapsed into her recliner and kicked it back.

“Thank you.” He inhaled the fragrance. “Did you put cinnamon in here? Smells good.”

“I read that cinnamon is good for something that I can’t remember right now but thought I’d try it.”

He broached a subject he dreaded. “How’s the planning coming for that preschool project?”

“I think I have the proposal ready to put in final form. I meet with her again this week.”

He studied the tea in his cup. “I don’t have a very good feeling about this.”

“Why? It’s my chance to do a big job that should be fairly easy, make lots of contacts.

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