One day she’d taken them to Glory’s public library, where they had found a huge globe on which Amy had pointed out Africa and the wide expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. She’d help the boys dress, feed them breakfast and then they would plan the day’s activities. She’d wake early and get herself ready for the day. Life had fallen into a comfortable routine very quickly, and that had surprised Amy. But it is good to know I have a way of knowing which one of you I’m talking to.” She smiled as she tapped the boy on the tip of his chin with the pad of her index finger, and then she reached to help Benjamin fasten his button. “I think the luckiest thing about your ordeal with the bedpost is that your scar is so small. “If you really want to learn.” She ruffled Jeremiah’s head of dark hair. “Can you teach us some?” Benjamin’s gaze lit with curiosity. I’ve tried to keep up with it by listening to audio tapes.” All the students had to take French lessons, from the youngest to the oldest. When I was a little girl I had teachers who were trained in France.” She didn’t think the boys would understand about the Oblate Sisters and the life of spiritual devotion they chose, so she just stuck to a simple explanation. “You can talk in French?” Benjamin looked to be in awe. “Ah, so it happened when you were a petit garçon.” She did her best to implement a perfect accent when she spoke the last two words.Īmy chuckled. One thing she’d learned in the past five days of caring for the boys was that there was nothing quite like experiencing life through the eyes of a child. She wrestled with the grin that tugged at one corner of her mouth. “Mom still teases me about it,” Jeremiah added, “because I started snorin’ while the doctor was puttin’ in the stitches.” Then he added, “The doctor numbed my chin.” Not even a little bit.” But Jeremiah’s chest puffed as he scoffed at the experience. “I don’t know that I’d call it lucky.”īenjamin looked up from where he was fussing with a stubborn button. I guess it’s kinda lucky that I was jumpin’ on the bed and fell on the bedpost.”Īmy’s nose scrunched. “It’s the only way to tell me and Benjamin apart. “I’m so glad you told me about that tiny scar on your chin, Jeremiah,” Amy said as she combed the child’s hair neatly into place.
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