Enjoying True Peace by Stephanie Perry Moore

Author:Stephanie Perry Moore [Moore, Stephanie Perry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-57567-874-0
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2010-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

The next morning Mom was so happy, she was even making breakfast. There were cans of corned beef hash that had been in the pantry for who knows how long. She was whipping it up, along with some pancakes. Dad had gone to the grocery store to buy some eggs. They were the cutest things together in the kitchen, just laughing and playing.

“Come on in, you guys,” she said to the three of us as we peered around the corner. We immediately took her up on the invitation.

“Dad, you gotta come around more often. She don’t ever throw down like this!” York remarked. “Ma, you know I’m keepin’ it real!”

“Oh, boy, hush,” she said as she swatted her hand playfully at York.

“For real, Dad, we missed you. Can you stay with us a couple of days?” York asked.

“No, Son. I gotta get back to work.”

“Man,” Yancy said with disappointment. “I thought you could come out on the court with us and get some hoops in.”

“See, I know y’all gon’ want some new kicks in a minute. Dad gotta keep workin’.”

“Right, right,” York added. “Yep, that’s what I’m talkin’ about.”

Mom was standing and watching us like she was holding a big secret. Her smile stretched from ear to ear as if she wanted to tell us some good news.

Yancy noticed it too. “What, Mom? What’s goin’ on?” he asked.

“Jeffery, you tell them. This is your idea so you tell ’em.”

“Tell us,” York pressed.

Mom couldn’t hold it in any longer. She spoke first. “Well, okay. Your dad and I’ve been talkin’. We don’t want him to have to keep on payin’ for two households. Plus, the market isn’t as bad in Orlando, so I have a better chance of finding a job there. Then too I could be closer to my mom. You guys have been doing so good; your grades will make it easy to transfer in the middle of the semester and—”

As she kept talking, I started to realize that Mom was saying we were going to move right away. I wasn’t even eating yet, but I felt completely choked up.

“No, Mom!” I screamed out. “We can’t move right now. It’s bad enough that you’re moving me away from my friends in a few months, but right now I’m in track season. We can’t leave now!”

She said calmly, “I’m pretty sure whatever school you’ll be attending down there has a track team.” I was the one who was extremely excited.

“Yeah, but Coach Hicks really needs me on the team! And he’s been in the Olympics before. The schools down there probably don’t have a coach who can set me on a good path with track. He sees my potential and this is important to me. Mom, no! Please, no!”

Mom was stuck. She gave my father a look as if to say, Can you help me, please? But the look he gave her said, You’re on your own.

“I don’t think I’m ready to go either,” Yancy spoke up. “I have all these honor classes and I know my teachers really well.

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