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By Diana Richardson
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Kay was a small little girl in second grade. One day she was trying to get a drink of water from a beautiful rock fountain when a mean spirited little boy shoved her down so he could get a drink. She landed on her knee on jagged rock. Needless to say she was helped inside and her parents were called to pick her up.
Her dad came and rushed her to the family doctor. The doctor said the kneecap was crushed. She was put into a stiff cast to keep the knee from bending. She missed school the rest of the week.
When Sunday came there was no question about going to worship. Of course, the whole family would be there as usual. That decision had been made years ago for every Sunday of her parents’ lives. The girl loved going to church meeting, so there was no argument. She was sure that she’d be stuck in the boring old folks class during Sunday school and she wasn’t happy about that prospect.
You see her classroom was up a narrow staircase. She wasn’t on crutches; she wasn’t supposed to be walking at all. Daddy was carrying her everywhere. He carried her from her bed to the table, from the table to the living room. Mama couldn’t carry her so the living room was where she stayed all day.
That Sunday Daddy carried her to the car, from the car to the church’s building. He sat her on the second pew from the front where the family always sat. Then Daddy went up to her classroom. She supposed he was going to tell Mrs. Knox why she wouldn’t be in class.
In a few minutes he came back down. He asked Kay if she was ready for Bible class. She was thrilled, but asked how he’d get her up there. He assured her that he could manage a few stairs with a small package like her.
Her daddy picked her up and started up the stairs. It was a narrow stairwell. He had to walk side ways so that her leg could stay straight without hitting the wall. When they got to the class. He sat on a chair in the front of the class that had another chair facing it. She was sat on a pillow and her stiff leg was placed on another pillow in the other chair. The kids and Mrs. Knox made a fuss over her and she had the best time in Sunday school ever.
Kay learned a reason for Sunday school that she had never thought about before. Not only was she studying God’s word, but also she was studying it with friends that were nice and cared about her. That’s when she decided that her kids would be in Sunday school every Sunday too.
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Your first sentence should be a real "grabber"--and yours has her as a "small little girl." Can you describe her with more interesting adjectives with different meanings? Maybe as a "shy, freckled girl" or a "curly-haired, laughing girl"? Something to consider in future stories...
I like the affectionate family relationship described here.