Unlikely Praise by Carla Rossi

Author:Carla Rossi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042040 - FICTION / Christian / Romance
ISBN: 978-1-61116-141-0
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2012-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

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From: Pastor Charles Littleton

[mailto:[email protected]]

Sent: Thursday, April 30 7:16 AM

To: Candi Canaberry <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: Sounds of Texas Music Festival

Candi:

Great to hear the band’s excited about the festival. I’ll get some people working on publicity, evangelism, etc.

Also, please know you are always in my prayers as you deal with the situation regarding your father. God will take care of you. Keep me posted.

Charles

Shade put away the peanut butter, bread, and milk and made one more pass through his living room while he waited for Rachel to arrive. Few things scared or excited him more than her first official visit to his home.

Yesterday his mother brought him a white, oak rocking chair. After a heated discussion, she’d returned with the cushions to tie onto the back and the seat. She thought they should be pink gingham. He thought they should not. Their compromise resulted in black fabric with large white polka dots and the baby’s name embroidered in bright pink across each piece. He’d said no to ruffles but lost that battle. Some days it was annoying to have a mother who sewed and owned state-of-the-art equipment.

He glanced at the clock on the digital cable box. He and Jess had agreed she would bring Rachel at four o’clock and leave her for four hours. She thought that was best as it would be long enough for them to start to get used to each other, but not so long that Shade would be drowning in bottles and diapers for his first solo visit. He had news for her. It could be four minutes, four days, or four months and he still wouldn’t know much. All he could do was learn one thing at a time through trial and error. As the expert at the DiaperDays website wrote, “...there’s no way to tell someone how to change a diaper; new parents just have to do it...”

Besides, his mother would be calling every five minutes to make sure he hadn’t dropped Rachel on her head, so if there was a question, he could ask her then. Or he could refer to the “Top Five Reasons Babies Cry and What to Do About It” list she’d given him last week. She’d written it all out on the back of the bulletin while sitting in church.

His dad couldn’t believe that one.

There was a light tap on the door.

Jess stood on his deck with Rachel perched on her hip. “Sorry I’m late. I looked at your address wrong and went to 1030 instead of 1300. I knew something wasn’t right when I didn’t see your truck, but I figured it out.”

“No problem,” he said and held the door. “C’mon in.”

She stepped inside and let an overstuffed diaper bag drop to the floor.

“Thanks for bringing her over,” he said. “I’m working on the truck, and I ordered a car seat online.”

“It’ll all come together,” she said in a way Shade knew was meant to calm herself, as much as to encourage him.

Bobby sat along the road out front in his bright white Ford F-150 King Ranch pick-up.

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