The Organ Playing Mail Order Bride

By Doreen Milstead

When a sheriff finds that he needs someone to help take care of his two children after his wife dies, he never thought that he’d get an organ playing non-believer like the woman who arrived on his doorstep one day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Dec 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781329782655

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The Organ Playing Mail Order Bride

The Organ Playing Mail Order Bride

By

Doreen Milstead

Copyright 2015 Susan Hart

Synopsis:  When a sheriff finds that he needs someone to help take care of his two children after his wife dies, he never thought that he’d get an organ playing non-believer like the woman who arrived on his doorstep one day.

All he could see was the grey of the sandstone grave marker in front of him. All he could think of was who was buried there below his knees. It wasn’t all that long ago that she blushed when he told her how pretty she was. Then she looked at him square in the eyes and reminded him why she looked so good to him.

First, he was prejudiced. Second, how could she look any different when you considered who had created her? Then she would laugh that giggly little laugh that solved any problem they may have had. That thought brought him back to reality.

Lord, why did you have to take my Julie ? Then he thought about Jacob and Julia. Lord God, if you do hear me, please help me. Tell me what I can do for my kids. They deserve better. They need  someone to care for them when I am gone for a while. This I pray in Jesus’ name.

Sheriff John Laughton had always been a God-fearing man, always stood up for what was right, and did not back down when it came to protecting someone who needed it, be it from just plain bad luck or from someone else trying to take advantage of an already bad situation. If there were anything he could do, he would absolutely do it. That was most likely the reason he was elected as Sheriff of the small town.

That was also most likely the characteristic that made him so attractive to the prettiest girl in town.  Heaven knew that John was no looker. He was as common a man as you could want. In fact, if he stood still in the middle of the street, you would most likely look right past him. Julie fell in love with John after a short courtship and married him about six months before he became Sheriff.

She loved the way he cared about everyone, and the way he stood tall and confident no matter what or who he was facing. Of course, she had thought that he was simply the best looking guy she had ever laid eyes on! Maybe a year and a half later, Jacob was born to them. They were so proud. They had him baptized immediately and set about raising their young man.

Jacob displayed Julie’s straightforwardness, stubbornness, and loving nature as soon as he was able to make himself understood, but heaven forbid if you did not understand him. That was simply the end of the world for him.

Two years passed rather uneventfully for John and Julie. During that time, the little town