Showing posts with label family gathering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family gathering. Show all posts

Tuesday 2 January 2018

A Spectacular Moment in History

Are those of you that have already read the first book in the series ‘dying’ to know when the twins will be reunited? As a New-Year’s tantalizer, I’ll let you get just a peek at the sequel that I am working on. Don’t die completely because I think you will find it worth the wait, and hopefully worth its weight in gold. Remember if you haven’t read Two Mothers, Twin Daughters, yet you still have time before this hits the market which is coming as soon as possible!

        Suddenly there she was. Alice had to be that small frightened figure with the wildly flowing red hair and a smoke blue coat draped over her arm. She was standing on the steep steps of the plane and scanning the airfield. And shivering, because it was probably a lot colder here in Edmonton than it was in Switzerland.

        The first thing Randall did when he reached his daughter was to gently remove the luggage from her hand and place it on the ground. Then he took the obviously brand-new coat and helped her into it. But that wasn't all. Next to carefully lifted the hood over her wavy tresses and tied it snugly under her chin. Alice was so touched by his gesture of kindness she wanted to throw her arms around him, but she didn’t. 

        Randall stepped back and tipped his hat. A mischievous grin played around the corners of his mouth. He thrust out his hand and Alice timidly took it. His grip was warm and strong.
       “If I didn’t know better, I’d have sworn that was Emily coming off the plane. I am so glad to meet you. Two beautiful girls as alike as peas in a pod. How much luckier could a man get? “
  
       A faint smile lurked in the corners of Alice’s mouth but the
very first words she ever said to her father, she later considered rather clumsy.
       “Where are the others?”
       “Wait and see,” he grinned. “Naturally, wild horses couldn’t keep them at home, but neither did your mother want to meet you at such a public place as the airport.”  

Tuesday 10 December 2013

Cold Noses, Warm Smiles

WHEW! What a frigid day to be out and about! Who would have thought the temperature would have dropped that low by December seventh! I guess we ought to be a tiny bit thankful. Over in Manning, Alberta it went down to minus 59 degrees Celsius! Yes, you read that right, and I hope it didn’t make you shiver!  I’m glad it wasn’t quite that terrible in Edmonton, where we happened to be at the time, but it was bitter enough!! What a day for our Christmas Family Gathering! Before we could gather in the cozy warmth of the restaurant of our chose there was some last minute shopping to be done. Since West Edmonton Mall was close by it seemed like the logical place to head. Have you ever been there? Have you ever been to any mall when there are thousands of others streaming down the halls in both directions? Maybe you love it, but if you are a Country Girl like me you might have been a little bit overwhelmed except….back to the title.
               You could always spot the newcomers into the mall by That Chilled Look, but, okay, okay, I admit I’m smugly prejudiced, but it sure seemed like Canadians must be known for their warm smiles, if the crowd there was an accurate sampling of the rest of our country.
               As my husband and I meandered around looking for Gifts for the Grandchildren- (of course that was meant to be capitalized,) it was easy to exchange cheerful remarks with this one and that wherever we meant. This was special, but just wait---! Once, twice, no three times we meet people from our own church, who believe and fellowship just like we do. Did our faces light up? You bet they did! Did we know each other? Not a once. Did we stop and chat? If we were close enough. Were our hearts warmed? Sure. We are one in the bond of love. You know what? There’s room for you to.