An Amish Family by Kathleen Fuller

Author:Kathleen Fuller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2018-05-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Ellie paced the front porch, her stomach in knots. Mamm, sitting in a chair, her knitting needles clacking away, cleared her throat.

“You’re going to wear down the porch boards,” she said. “Be patient. He’ll be here soon.”

Ellie checked her Braille watch. “He’s half an hour late. What if their van got into an accident?” An ache formed in her chest, close to panic as her own car accident flashed in front of her. Almost instantly she felt her mother standing beside her.

“What did you tell me about worrying?” Mamm said.

“That it doesn’t change anything.” Ellie sat down in the swing. Why couldn’t she take her own advice? Chris’s three weeks had turned to four, and he was finally due home. Unfortunately, he was late. She had talked to him almost every day, but the phone was a poor substitute for him being here.

Mamm sat back down in the chair, picked up her needles, and started knitting again. She was making two dark-blue sweaters for the girls. The sound of her foot rocking the cradle back and forth against the porch boards was in perfect rhythm with her flying needles. Since their talk on the front porch that day, Ellie and her mother had grown closer. Mamm had been less tense, although she still went a little overboard when it came to taking care of the girls. But now she wasn’t any more doting than Chris’s mother, who had been by several times to see the twins. Sarah Lynne, who was still struggling with morning sickness, was only able to visit twice, but according to Barbara everything was going well with the pregnancy.

The clicking of the needles abruptly stopped. “I believe I owe you an apology, dochder.”

Ellie turned her head toward her mother. “For what?”

“For not helping you the way you needed me to.”

“Mamm, everything has been fine.”

“I’m talking about before. I should have trusted you with the twins.”

Surprised, Ellie said, “Danki, Mamm. I appreciate that.”

“I see how gut you are with the babies. How organized everything is here.” Mamm sighed. “Christopher was right to ask me to leave. I was in the way.”

“Is that what he said to you?”

“Not in so many words. But he did the right thing.” She started knitting again. “You know I didn’t think much of him when we first met.”

“You did make that pretty clear.”

“Now, Ellie, you couldn’t blame me, could you? He had left the Amish. How was I supposed to trust him?”

“By trusting me.”

Her mother paused. “You’re right. I promise I’ll do a better job of that from now on.”

The sound of a car turning into the driveway drove Ellie out of the swing. “Is he here?”

“Looks like it,” Mamm said. She didn’t move or stop knitting.

Ellie carefully but quickly went down the steps. She heard the sound of a car door slam. She stopped in the middle of the yard. “Chris?”

“I’m here.” He drew her close.

She hugged him tightly, whispering in his ear, “I’m so glad you’re home.”

“Mei too.” He pulled away from her.

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