Wisdom Tree by Mary Manners

Author:Mary Manners
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-61116-165-6
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2012-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

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“Lilly, we brought you lunch.” Carin set the bucket of fried chicken on the table beside bowls of mashed potatoes smothered in gravy and buttered green beans. Warm, fluffy biscuits, and sweet tea rounded out the meal. “It’s your favorite again.”

“We?” Lilly gazed up from the rocking chair with crisp, gray eyes and squinted. “Who’s that with you?”

“This is Jake Samuels. And he brought a friend from next door—Pastor Julian.”

“Pastor Jake, from East Ridge Church?” Lilly leaned forward in the chair and set her crochet hook on her lap. “Come closer. I can’t see you.”

Jake removed his ball cap, took a few steps, and knelt beside the chair. The scent of spearmint gave the room a fresh feel, and he suddenly understood why Pastor Julian, whose room was just next door, often insisted his wife was close by. The spearmint scent must travel down the hall. “Here I am. Is this better?”

“Oh, much better.” Lilly turned to Pastor Julian. “Now, it’s your turn.”

Jake eased Pastor Julian closer, and he and Lilly gaped at each other. “So, you’re the lady who grows spearmint?” Pastor Julian asked.

“Sure.” Lilly nodded. “You want a sprig?”

“Nothing finer. Sure, I’ll have one. You got any sweet tea to go with that?”

“Right here.” Carin poured a round of glasses from the jug she and Jake had brought. She handed one to Pastor Julian. “Here you go.”

“What are you making?” Jake touched the tightly-stitched loops of soft pink yarn nestled on Lilly’s lap and admired the handiwork. “It looks complicated.”

“Nothing in life is too complicated when you take it one step at a time,” Lilly assured him.

“It’s a baby cap,” Carin explained. “Lilly makes them for the preemies in the NICU at Children’s Hospital.”

“So, you’re the one…I’ve seen the babies wearing them when I’ve gone to visit. I always wondered where they came from.”

“Mystery solved.” Lilly squinted again and placed a hand on Jake’s shoulder. “Do you think you and Carin can drop them by the hospital on your way home? The lady who usually picks them up is under the weather this week, so she didn’t come to get them this morning.”

“Of course,” Jake agreed. “We drive right by there. It’s no problem at all.”

“Thank you.”

Carin set the dinette table with paper plates and plastic forks. “Where are your eyeglasses, Lilly? You’ll need them to stitch the caps.”

“I don’t know. I thought I set them on the table with my Bible, but…”

“I’ll mount a search,” Jake offered, standing to make a round of the room. “They can’t have gone too far.”

“Check the trash can,” Pastor Julian instructed. “I’ve found my fair share of lost things in the trash can.”

“Come on over to the table while Jake hunts, Lilly.” Carin placed the skein of yarn in the knitting bag beside the rocker and helped her from the chair. “You can drink your tea there.”

Lilly tilted her head, pausing to gaze at Carin as she eased herself from the chair. “You know what I like to drink, Elise, just like your father always did.

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