The Gift (continued IV)

Robert showed up at my door within a half hour. He and I nervously jabbered while impatiently waiting for Ann. It took quite a while for her since she had sent her husband to the store to pick up some chains for the vehicle.

It was dark by the time she arrived, but no worries, we had all traveled this route hundreds of times, night, day, winter, spring, summer and fall. Robert and I tossed our belongings in the Suburban, I kissed Jim goodbye telling him I wasn't sure when we would return.

Before we hit the road we stopped at the 7-11 up the street from my house and grabbed a couple snacks. Ann drove, Robert road shotgun and I sat in the far back where I had made a bed out of the bench seat, but rest was not my friend.

I sat there very somber hearing the voices of my siblings bounce off my eardrums. Tears slowly trickled from my chin and my lips quivered. I wanted to cry, needed to cry and so, I allowed myself to indulge.

My thoughts went back again to, "Why God? Why? She has suffered ten times her share of one persons lifetime in this earth shattering battle that she is continually hammered by each day."

I also prayed for a quick journey, and my sisters survival with the least amount of suffering possible. But alas neither of those would be.

I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you."
Genesis 28:15
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