By Debbie Macomber
It used to be the 12 months that modified everything…
When Susannah Nelson grew to become eighteen, she acknowledged so long to her boyfriend, Jake—and by no means observed him back. She by no means observed her brother, Doug, back, both. He died without warning that very same year.
Now, at fifty, Susannah reveals herself regretting the trails no longer taken. lengthy married, a mom and a instructor, she can be chuffed. yet she feels there is something lacking in her lifestyles. not just that, she's balancing the calls for of an getting older mom and a temperamental twenty-year-old daughter.
Her mom, Vivian, a up to date widow, is having trouble coping and residing on my own, so Susannah is going domestic to Colville, Washington. In returning to her mom and dad' residence, her girlhood neighbors and the backyard she's regularly enjoyed, she additionally returns to the past—and the alternatives she made again then. What she discovers is that issues are usually not continuously as they as soon as appeared. a few paths are lifeless ends. yet a few gardens stay beautiful….
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Yeah, right, Susannah thought. She had trouble hiding a smile as the two of them went back to the car. The Wal-Mart parking lot was nearly full. This time her mother didn’t slide her arm through Susannah’s, but after a few steps she clasped Susannah’s elbow. “I don’t think I’ve seen this many people since the Fourth of July parade,” Vivian said as the blue-vested store greeter steered a cart toward them. “Payday at the mill,” the woman said, commenting on Vivian’s remark. Carolyn was doing well this season, Susannah mused as she allowed her mother to push the cart.
It was her George; she knew that much. George struggling to come to her, struggling to cross the great divide. Vivian’s heart rate accelerated as she opened her eyes. ” She hurried to tell him everything. “Susannah wants to move me into an assisted-living facility. ” She waited but no one answered. “George, please! ” Her cry was met with silence. She peered into the shadowed corners of the garden but saw no sign of him. Sobbing openly now, Vivian began to rock back and forth but found little solace.
This is difficult for her. ” Chrissie asked. ” In other words, she was taking a nap. ” Chrissie hated sounding like a little kid afraid of being refused, but she sensed that her mother wasn’t going to like this idea. “Sure. ” Her mother seemed reluctant. ” She seemed to be thinking out loud, weighing her options. ” Her mother didn’t answer immediately, which probably meant she’d caught on to where Chrissie’s questions were leading. She might as well get directly to the point. ” Her mother’s hesitation was long enough to raise Chrissie’s hackles.
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