Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick

Author:Jane Kirkpatrick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780307729422
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 2012-04-16T21:00:00+00:00

I finally decided to call Delia late that afternoon when the day’s labors had tempered my enthusiasm a bit.

“I’m pleased for you, Mama. You’ve worked so hard.” Her tone was as flat as a frying pan, and I wished I’d kept my tongue.

“Not sure how hard I’ve worked, but I’ve been persistent at least.” I kept my voice cheery. “You’ll like the color.”

“You are that. Persistent, I mean.”

“Which brings me to another reason I’ve called. Please, Delia, reconsider and come home.”

“Everything’s fine here, Mama,” Delia said. “I help move the cows with Edmond in the morning so I get good exercise. I can make it to the phone, and Dr. Alice lives down here on the Bottoms, so she’s only minutes away now. She has a car. We’ve gone riding a time or two, and she’s come for dinner.”

“But we don’t have a car, so it’ll take us longer to get there, to be with you.”

Silence.

“Just think about it.”

“I’ll think. But Alice is good at what she does.”

I knew God loved and cared for us, guided us through the storms, found us when we tried to hide. But I questioned too, took to my weeds with a vigor, swatting at my desire for certainty and to make things happen as I wanted them to. I could protect a flower, but I couldn’t protect my children.

Alice Chapman was more than her doctor; she was a skilled friend, able to protect her better than her mother. Perhaps she didn’t need her mother.

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