she moved into his old apartment! If God can use something that simple, surely He can use anything to bring whatever or whomever it is we need into our lives.”
“I understand your point,” Connie conceded, “and believe me, if God sends me a man who can overlook my past and be the father—”
“And husband,” Marcus interrupted pointedly.
“And husband,” she amended, “that Russell and I need, I’ll be forever grateful.”
“Excellent,” he said, picking up his fork, “except I think it’s when not if, and in the meantime, I hope you’ll reconsider that school thing. I’d really like to see you find something you can be more passionate about than dental hygiene.”
“Unfortunately,” she pointed out with a sigh, “being a mom is not something about which the world is very passionate.”
“Tell that to Larissa Oakes,” he muttered.
Connie caught her breath. What if she could…but no. She shook her head.
Child care was not a viable option. Not even the day care center at her brother’s church could hire her because of her record. She’d do better to go on to school. There were worse things than dental hygiene—much worse—and who knew, once she got into it, she might discover a passion for it. And so what if she didn’t? She had Russell. He was all she needed.
For the moment, she dropped the subject of school, but she wasn’t yet willing to let go of it entirely. Marcus meant well. Marcus always meant well because that’s the kind of person her big brother had always been.
She, on the other hand, had made grave mistakes that she would have to pay for the rest of her life. Expecting anything else would be not only unrealistic but also presumptuous. After all, how much could a woman in her position expect? God had already blessed her much more richly than she deserved.
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