woman.”
“She’s a wunderbaar person. I think Aunt Carrie will be a big help to Rachel seeing how she needs to forgive Daed so she can move on with her life. Aenti might not be Amish any longer, but she’s a parent and knows how important it is to have a loving relationship between children and parents.” Peter put his hat back on his head. “I better get back to the store and get Ella. She doesn’t want to go home in the dark. Even though, we have flashing lights, she worries an English driver won’t see us and hit our buggy.”
“You better go and be safe. I’m glad you stopped in to see me.”
“Write a letter to Rachel that she’ll want to read again and again. When I left Fields Corner to help Grandpa and Grandma Hershberger, I wrote letters to Ella. She told me how much my letters meant to her and how she loved getting them. She said my sensitive letters reinforced her feelings for me and helped in her decision to marry me.”
“I told Rachel I’d write to her. I hope I don’t have to write too many because she’ll be back here soon.”
Peter gave him a broad smile. “I love being married to Ella, but cherish this time of being single. You have plenty of time to get married.”
After Peter left, Samuel locked up the store. On the way to his buggy, he thought a bit more about his conversation with Rachel. He’d forgotten to tell Peter about the photographer, Kevin Sullivan, taking pictures of Rachel. Sullivan might be innocent in including Rachel with his beach pictures, but there was a possibility he might have an agenda in using them somehow in the media. But Rachel’s famous uncle wasn’t at the beach with them, so there might be nothing to be concerned about a photographer living next door. Still, he felt a twinge of apprehension about some stranger taking shots of Rachel.
* * *
David peeked into the boys’ room and saw they were both asleep. He appreciated Judith reading to them earlier. She continued reading to them from a Hardy Boys mystery that Rachel had started before she left. Judith wanted to finish the book before the bookmobile came again. Fields Corner didn’t have a library, so it was difficult for the hard-working Amish families to get to one. It took too much time to drive buggies to check out books. He was thankful the bookmobile made a weekly stop in Fields Corner. Before closing their door, he took a last glance at Matthew and Noah, remembering how happy they were to have twin sons. I wish Irene would be here to see them grow up, but for some reason, it wasn’t God’s plan for my lovely and dear wife to be on this earth any longer. I should be thankful she lived as long as she did and that we had a wunderbaar life together.
He slowly walked to his own bedroom. Each night he hated to go to bed. He missed his Irene all the time, but night was the hardest on him. Irene had snuggled next to him. While they held each other in their arms each night, they’d talked about how their day had gone. A few nights before she died, their conversation had been about Judith. Peter had just married Ella and Rachel was seeing Samuel, so Irene was happy about their two oldest children. She was hopeful that a marriage would occur between Rachel and Samuel. Her worry had been about Judith. Although she was proud of Judith’s decision to be a teacher, she’d been dismayed at their daughter’s wish for more education. Apparently Judith had seen English young women carrying college books. She’d told Irene that she would like to continue her education.
He wondered what Irene would think now that Rachel was the daughter unsure about joining the church and getting married, because of him being a poor ehemann . From Proverbs 22:6, it said, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” He hoped this verse would prove true in Rachel’s case, and she wouldn’t be like the few adult children who left their Amish upbringing to live in the
“She’s a wunderbaar person. I think Aunt Carrie will be a big help to Rachel seeing how she needs to forgive Daed so she can move on with her life. Aenti might not be Amish any longer, but she’s a parent and knows how important it is to have a loving relationship between children and parents.” Peter put his hat back on his head. “I better get back to the store and get Ella. She doesn’t want to go home in the dark. Even though, we have flashing lights, she worries an English driver won’t see us and hit our buggy.”
“You better go and be safe. I’m glad you stopped in to see me.”
“Write a letter to Rachel that she’ll want to read again and again. When I left Fields Corner to help Grandpa and Grandma Hershberger, I wrote letters to Ella. She told me how much my letters meant to her and how she loved getting them. She said my sensitive letters reinforced her feelings for me and helped in her decision to marry me.”
“I told Rachel I’d write to her. I hope I don’t have to write too many because she’ll be back here soon.”
Peter gave him a broad smile. “I love being married to Ella, but cherish this time of being single. You have plenty of time to get married.”
After Peter left, Samuel locked up the store. On the way to his buggy, he thought a bit more about his conversation with Rachel. He’d forgotten to tell Peter about the photographer, Kevin Sullivan, taking pictures of Rachel. Sullivan might be innocent in including Rachel with his beach pictures, but there was a possibility he might have an agenda in using them somehow in the media. But Rachel’s famous uncle wasn’t at the beach with them, so there might be nothing to be concerned about a photographer living next door. Still, he felt a twinge of apprehension about some stranger taking shots of Rachel.
* * *
David peeked into the boys’ room and saw they were both asleep. He appreciated Judith reading to them earlier. She continued reading to them from a Hardy Boys mystery that Rachel had started before she left. Judith wanted to finish the book before the bookmobile came again. Fields Corner didn’t have a library, so it was difficult for the hard-working Amish families to get to one. It took too much time to drive buggies to check out books. He was thankful the bookmobile made a weekly stop in Fields Corner. Before closing their door, he took a last glance at Matthew and Noah, remembering how happy they were to have twin sons. I wish Irene would be here to see them grow up, but for some reason, it wasn’t God’s plan for my lovely and dear wife to be on this earth any longer. I should be thankful she lived as long as she did and that we had a wunderbaar life together.
He slowly walked to his own bedroom. Each night he hated to go to bed. He missed his Irene all the time, but night was the hardest on him. Irene had snuggled next to him. While they held each other in their arms each night, they’d talked about how their day had gone. A few nights before she died, their conversation had been about Judith. Peter had just married Ella and Rachel was seeing Samuel, so Irene was happy about their two oldest children. She was hopeful that a marriage would occur between Rachel and Samuel. Her worry had been about Judith. Although she was proud of Judith’s decision to be a teacher, she’d been dismayed at their daughter’s wish for more education. Apparently Judith had seen English young women carrying college books. She’d told Irene that she would like to continue her education.
He wondered what Irene would think now that Rachel was the daughter unsure about joining the church and getting married, because of him being a poor ehemann . From Proverbs 22:6, it said, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” He hoped this verse would prove true in Rachel’s case, and she wouldn’t be like the few adult children who left their Amish upbringing to live in the
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