Five Years…
The grocery store was crowded and Claire Standish was pushing a cart through an aisle. She was having company come over for dinner the next night and needed to figure out what she was going to cook. If someone had asked her a few years ago if she knew how to cook, she would tell them she didn’t. But after taking a few cooking classes in college, she could cook. She was always learning how to cook new dishes. She often tried recipes she had seen in magazines or tv. She never asked her mother for help since she knew her mom never cooked. She couldn’t even remember when her mother cooked last. Looking down at the
Michael sat on the bed and laid back on it. It was Christmas Eve and he was already tired. He still had to go to an evening service at church with Katherine’s parents. He heard his girlfriend of three years moving around her bedroom and he opened his eyes to watch her. She was going through her closet, looking for something to wear. He smiled and sat up, getting off the bed to walk towards her. She was still digging through her closet when he walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around his waist.
“Hello.” She spoke, smiling. “Are you enjoying yourself?”