• LadyBeeMC said on Apr 13, 2007....

  STORY:    The Children in the Valley
   
   There were strange things starting to happen in the sleepy little green valley. This is where a mother had just moved to with her 4 young children, and a teen aged baby brother, that she took care of sence the year before when there parents had been killed in a head on car crash.
      With her husban in the Army now, they had to cut back and move to a smaller home, in a smaller town. Linda didn't know when Mark would be coming home, he left for the second year the day after he had moved Linda and the Kids into the little house on river RD. Terry and Teddy age 8, Lynn age 10, and Mark JR, almost 12, and Eddie 17, would be a real handful, but first things first, they all had to be regestered for school. It was just the start of Summer vacation, but they all had to get signed up so that the old school could send their records in time for the start of school in fall.
   
     Linda Had a lead for a job at the coffee shop next to the truck stop, just off the highway. She could work a split shift and Eddie could look after the kids for a few hours each night, late night, after they were asleep. This would be great, and Ed could get computer time in, he was all for it!
   
  To be Continued...

• truthsayer said on Apr 14, 2007....

  I have to get off for tonight Margaret.  But I will come back and fellowship with you online.  See you later.

  God Speed,

  truthsayer

• LadyBeeMC said on Apr 18, 2007....

  Story: The Children in the Valley

   

      Linda and the kids had been in the house just one week that Saturday, this was their first weak in their new place.That was a busy weak, all the power, cable, phone, water, anything that needed to be turned on got done, that was a bigie, with all of the deposits that each wanted! It hit the savings hard! Mark had put a few thousand in the bank account that they opened in the little town of Gate Way. They set up a direct deposit for Mark's allotment.This was going to be just enough to keep them going, the saving that Mark had on base is what he moved into the bank.

      Linda was waiting to hear if she had gotten the job at the Soup Bowl, that is the little coffee shop next to the truck stop. She had talked to them at the bowling alley, but that was mostly filled with kids from the school. The older couple who owned it had two kids one in High School and one in first year of Collage. So most of the kids who worked there were family friends.

        Mark had gotten their car running good, and Eddie had an older car that Mark and him had been working on for about six months. Ed wanted to restore it, but for now he just needed wheels! They got the house painted, on the inside, and moved everything into place. It was a nice little three bedroom house that they could fit into just fine. They took the little den, and made it into a nice family room. It had TV, Computer, Music system, with DVD player. Nothing fancy, a big step down from their 5 bedroom home just outside the base. But with most of the living going on in the Den this should make up for the loss of space in the bedrooms. Linda would have the main bedroom and bath down stairs and upstairs was two fairly large rooms with a bathroom in between, with doors that led to both rooms. Eddie would take the smaller of the two, and the 4 kids had 2 sets of bunk beds and one dresser each.(This was how they were going to start, maybe Mark JR will move in with Ed, but they will see how this works first.) One wall was mostly closet. This didn't give the kids that much room, but, they had a desk for homework, and a toy box so they were happy. They had to put up some selves for books and odds and ends. Linda couldn't believe how much they had all done in one short weak! Everyone helped, this made it go better. The furnisher was all older, but nice. everything was clean and they had a laundry room up stairs. Small, but both washer and drier, no more hanging out wet clothes. Mom decided to take all the kids out for diner because they had worked so hard. The boys wanted Pizza and Lynn and Ed wanted to go to the coffee shop, Linda wanted to know if she had gotten that job so they went to the Soup Bowl. 

      It was about 6:30 pm and the phone rang, Linda picked it up, "Hello?" No answer! The third time that weak, Linda got angry and said, "Look Who is this?" No answer, than the dial tone. Linda looked at her brother, and said, "I thought it was the phone company the first two times this weak, but look at the time and on Saturday?" Eddie said that maybe it was for the people who lived there before them, but, Linda said, "No, the phone CO. said this is a new number." Than Ed said, "Well don't let it bother you, most likely a wrong number, lets go eat I'm hungry", all the kids yelled "YEA!" 

   

      Linda said OK but looked at Eddie and shook her head, followed by, I just feel something isn't right here, then she said, "kids if you answer the phone and nobody is there tell me, OK?" "Sure Mom", came from all the kids as they ran out the door. She grabbed Eddie, and said, "Be careful, this is not right!" "OK, Sis I'll keep my eyes open, happy now? lets go!" And they drove to the Soup Bowl for diner...

   

  To be Continued... 

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